Israel's cabinet approved on Friday putting to vote the extension of the mandatory service time for IDF soldiers to 36 months, a total of three years, Israeli media reported on Friday morning. If the decision receives final approval, it will be in place for the next eight years. Another vote at the next cabinet meeting will take place on Sunday.The approval came days after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's harsh criticism, in which he accused cabinet members of getting involved in the issue for political reasons.

After a projectile was fired from Syria toward the southern Golan heights on Thursday and fell in an open area, the IDF responded by striking a military post in the area of Tasil, located in southern Syria, the IDF said on Friday morning.No casualties or damage was reported from the initial Syrian strike into Israel.