IDF Hits Syrian Army Position After Errant Fire Into Golan
The IDF fired a Spike (Tamuz) missile at a Syrian army position on Thursday in response to a stray projectile fired from across the border that hit the Israeli Golan Heights earlier in the day.
A direct hit, destroying the position, was confirmed.
A warning siren sounded Thursday afternoon in about ten communities in the northern Golan Heights. A projectile from fighting in the Syrian civil war fell in the fields of Kibbutz Ortal.
B’chasdei Shamayim, no injuries were reported.
In a statement, the military said it appeared the shooting from Syria was “errant fire” from battles between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels trying to topple him.
This article appeared in print on page 8 of edition of Hamodia.
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