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A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force looks through binoculars as he guards on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )

Smoke rises after shells exploded in the Syrian village of al-Jamlah, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, as seen from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 5, 2013. In response to the explosion in the Syrian village on Tuesday the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that they are carefully tracking events that take place in Syria and are prepared for any eventuality. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

The Syrian village of al-Jamlah is seen in the background, as shepherds herd sheep on the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border, close to the ceasefire line between the two countries, as seen from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 7, 2013. Israel voiced confidence on Thursday that the United Nations could secure the release of U.N. peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels near the Golan Heights, signalling it would not intervene in the crisis. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ISRAEL )

A U.N. peacekeeper from the Philippines drives a UNDOF vehicle as it leaves the Ziouani camp to cross into Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. The Philippine government said Syrian rebels failed to release 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers Friday and stuck to their demands for repositioning of Syrian government forces before any handover. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a kilometer (less than a mile) from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, where the U.N. force has patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )

A United Nations vehicle drives near the Syrian village of Al Jamla, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, as seen from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 5, 2013. Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar al-Assad's forces pull back from a rebel-held village which has seen heavy recent fighting. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ )

An Israeli flag (L) is seen near a Syrian flag in the Golan Heights at the Kuneitra border crossing between the two countries March 5, 2013. Starting Tuesday about 18,000 tons of apples grown by farmers in the Golan Heights will be transferred across the border to Syria and marketed there, as part of a project initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

This image was taken from video released by the SITE Intelligence Group on March 8, 2013. According to a SITE statement release with the video, "the al-Yarmouk Martyrs Battalion released a short clip showing a militant commander posing with three Filipino members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) unit that was captured near al-Jamla village in the Golan Heights. The 12-second clip was posted on YouTube on March 8, 2013, and shows a commander in the Free Syrian Army's Battalion of the Martyr Ra'id al-Masri sitting between the captives. In addition, the al-Yarmouk Martyrs Battalion posted an update on its Facebook page about the UNDOF members, informing that it told al-Jazeera it will hand the men over to the Red Cross after Syrian regime forces stop bombing the area of Wadi al-Yarmouk." AFP PHOTO / SITE Intelligence Group ( 518007268 )

Israelis use binoculars to see the fighting in the Syrian village of al-Jamlah, from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria March 7, 2013. Israel voiced confidence on Thursday that the United Nations could secure the release of U.N. peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels near the Golan Heights, signalling it would not intervene in the crisis. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ISRAEL )

Israeli soldiers carry a mock victim on a stretcher as they take part in a drill in the Golan Heights, near Israel's border with Syria March 5, 2013. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognised internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

Israeli reserve soldiers run during a drill at a military zone near Kibbutz Revivim in southern Israel March 7, 2013. Wary of a spillover from the conflict in Syria, Israel is preparing to take on the Hezbollah militia that it suspects is getting advanced weapons from a distracted Damascus. REUTERS/Amir Cohen ( ISRAEL-LEBANON/HEZBOLLAH )

Israeli reserve soldiers sit atop tanks as they manoeuvre during a drill at a military zone near Kibbutz Revivim in southern Israel March 7, 2013. Wary of flare-ups with Iran and Syria, Israel is preparing to take on Hezbollah, their militia vanguard in neighbouring Lebanon, and warning Beirut of the steep price of any such war. REUTERS/Amir Cohen ( ISRAEL-LEBANON/HEZBOLLAH )

Smoke rises following an explosion in the Syrian village of Jamlah in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights ,Thursday, March 7, 2013. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. The peacekeepers are part of a force that monitors a cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. Israel captured part of the territory in the 1967 Mideast war, and while the area has been peaceful for decades, Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian civil war moves closer to its borders. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )

A United Nations armoured car drives through a gate at a U.N. base near the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels holding 21 U.N. peacekeepers near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in southern Syria said on Friday no talks were under way to free the men and gave no indication that they would be released soon. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

Two U.N. peacekeepers from India walk by the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. The peacekeepers are part of a force that monitors a cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. Israel captured part of the territory in the 1967 Mideast war, and while the area has been peaceful for decades, Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian civil war moves closer to its borders. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )

A Red Cross truck loaded with apples makes its way across the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria March 5, 2013. Starting Tuesday about 18,000 tons of apples grown by farmers in the Golan Heights will be transferred across the border to Syria and marketed there, as part of a project initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

A United Nations military police officer watches as trucks loaded with apples make their way across the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria March 5, 2013. Starting Tuesday about 18,000 tons of apples grown by farmers in the Golan Heights will be transferred across the border to Syria and marketed there, as part of a project initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

A Filipino United Nations peacekeepers enters a car at the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, close to the ceasefire line between the two countries, in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 8, 2013. Israel voiced confidence on Thursday that the United Nations could secure the release of U.N. peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels near the Golan Heights on Wednesday, signalling it would not intervene in the crisis. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ISRAEL )

A United Nations armoured car drives through a gate at a U.N. base near the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 8, 2013. Israel voiced confidence on Thursday that the United Nations could secure the release of U.N. peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels near the Golan Heights on Wednesday, signalling it would not intervene in the crisis. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ISRAEL )

India's United Nations peacekeepers salute as a U.N. vehicle crosses from Syria into Israel at the Kuneitra border crossing on the Golan Heights March 5, 2013. Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar al-Assad's forces pull back from a rebel-held village which has seen heavy recent fighting. Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( SYRIA-CRISIS/ )

A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force looks through binoculars as he guards on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )

Israeli soldiers from the Nahal infantry brigade take part in a drill in the Golan Heights, near Israel's border with Syria March 5, 2013. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognised internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( ISRAEL/ )

A U.N. peacekeeper checks a U.N Armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Syria UN )