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Israel and Syria exchange fire in the Golan Heights

May 21, 2013 14:01
The Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights (Photo: Masterpjz9)

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

Israeli and Syrian forces have exchanged fire in the Golan Heights in the latest in a series of incidents on the border.

The Syrian army claimed it had destroyed an IDF jeep that it said had infiltrated into Syrian territory in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

No Israelis are thought to have been injured in the incident. An IDF spokesman confirmed a vehicle had been damaged by "light weapons fire" and that a rocket had been fired in retaliation, scoring a "direct hit" on Syrian forces.

It was the third time an Israeli Tammuz rocket was fired back into Syria.