A picture taken from the hill village of Buqaata in the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights shows flames and smoke ascending from alleged shelling by Syrian government forces on Islamic State group's positions near the Syrian village of Jubata al-Khashab on October 6, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
Times of Israel: IDF hits Syrian army posts after shells land on Golan
3 mortar shells explode on Israeli Golan in apparent spillover from fighting within Syria; no injuries reported.
The IDF fired artillery and anti-tank rockets at two Syrian military posts in the central Golan Heights Tuesday morning after three mortar shells exploded in Israeli territory on the northern end of the plateau hours earlier.
The fire on Israel had been ruled to be spillover from fighting between Syrian regime forces and rebels on the Syrian side of the Golan.
“The IDF holds the Syrian army responsible and accountable for this blatant breach of Israeli sovereignty, and will not tolerate any attacks emanating from Syria, intentional or not,” the army said.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the Israeli attack. No damage or casualties was reported from the mortar shells.
WNU Editor: In a sign on how much the Middle East has changed in the past few years .... 10 years ago this news would be all over the world, and pundits would be debating if this means war. Today .... it is buried in the back pages.
More News On Today's Exchange Of Fire On The Golan Heights
Israel targets Syria army posts after rockets hit Golan -- AFP
Israeli Military Strikes Syria Targets in Response to Mortar Fire -- Haaretz
Israeli military targets Syrian army posts after Golan shelling -- Al Bawaba
Israeli Military Targets Syrian Army Posts after Stray Rockets Fell in Golan -- Al-Manar
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