Israel Strikes Syrian Army Positions in Retaliatory Attack, Army Says
- Israel Strikes Syrian Army Positions in Retaliatory Attack, Army Says
by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Hesham Abdul Khalek and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Tom Brown, https://mobile.reuters.com/
(Reuters) – The Israeli military on Friday said its helicopters struck Syrian army targets in response to mortars fired toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “A number of targets were struck, including SAF observation posts and intelligence collection systems located in SAF bases,” the military said in a statement, referring to the Syrian Armed Forces.
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Syria’s state news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying Israeli helicopters targeted three outposts in Syria’s southern Quneitra area with anti-tank guided missiles, causing two injuries and some forest fires.
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The strike came a few hours after the Israeli military said blasts were heard from the Syrian-held area of the Golan Heights. No casualties were reported but a building and an Israeli vehicle were damaged, it said. Tension rose this week along the Israel-Syria frontier after a fighter of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah was killed in an apparent Israeli strike on the edge of Damascus on Monday.
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