Israel has filed a violation complaint with the United Nations, the Israeli military said.

A U.N. observer force remains in the Golan Heights to maintain the ceasefire between the Israeli and Syrian forces and to oversee the implementation of the disengagement agreement.

The Golan is regarded internationally as occupied territory despite Israeli governmental control. It is home to 41,000 residents -- Jewish settlers, Druze and Alawites. Israel seized the territory from Syria during the 1967 Israel-Arab war, and it was eventually annexed.