After two rockets landed in Israel and two hit in
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the military responded with airstrikes and
artillery at Syrian targets, Israel said late Thursday.
The Israel
Defense Forces targeted 14 Syrian military posts in an area in the Golan
Heights under Syrian control, the military said in a written statement.
"Iran
sponsored these attacks. These were clear and intentional acts of aggression,
directly violating Israelis sovereignty," the statement said. "The
IDF holds the Syrian government responsible for all attacks emanating from
Syrian territory."
Earlier Israel
said no one was injured in the rocket attacks, which targeted northern Israel.
The Golan is
regarded internationally as occupied territory despite Israeli annexation. But
it is home to 41,000 residents, including Jews, Druze and Alawites. Israel
seized the territory from Syria during the 1967 Israel-Arab war, and it was
eventually annexed.
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