Israel Fires Into Syria After Golan Attack On Troops -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front.
It was not immediately clear whether Israel held Syrian troops or rebels responsible for what a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said had been a deliberate attack on Israeli patrols in the occupied territory.
Israeli forces "destroyed a Syrian machine gun nest that fired twice in the last 24 hours on Israeli patrols operating to safeguard the border," the spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, said on his Twitter page.
Shells have fallen several times inside Israeli-controlled territory during Syria's civil war. Some of the incidents have drawn Israeli return fire.
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More News On Today's Skirmish Between Israeli And Syrian Forces
Israel Fires Across Syria Border After Jeep Hit in Golan Heights -- Bloomberg Businessweek
IDF fires at Syrian military post -- YNet News
Israel fires missile at Syrian military post -- JTA
IDF Attacked on Golan Heights by Forces in Syria, Returns Fire -- Arutz Sheva
Israel engages Syrian forces on Golan border -- Israel Today
Israel Warns IDF Will Destroy Any Source of Syrian Fire -- Arutz Sheva
Gantz: Syria fire imperiled soldiers, IDF forced to respond -- Jerusalem Post
Israel to 'immediately' respond to all Syrian cross-border shooting -- RT
Israeli defense minister vows ‘immediate’ answer to all fire from Syria -- Al Arabiya
My Comment: Apparently it was Syrian soldiers who fired at this Israeli position .... but I expect more of these incidents as Syrian government control of the border is replaced by rebel militias and Jihadist groups.
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