Sirens sound around Golan Heights as Israel fires Patriot missiles at drone from Syria

Footage shared on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon showed a single white exhaust trail in the cloudless skies over the Golan Heights.

Rocket trail seen in skies over #Israel as sirens are heard in the Golan Heights and Jordan Valley @i24NEWS_EN pic.twitter.com/E8A3qnyk73

— Shai Ben-ari (@ShaiBenari) July 11, 2018

“After we closely monitored the UAV and ensured that all the necessary conditions were met, we decided to intercept it with one Patriot missile,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, the IDF's head of the international and social media branch.

The IDF tweeted footage of the rocket being shot down.

A correspondent for i24News said this was a rocket trail, but this has not been confirmed by the military.

The IDF deployed reinforcements to the Golan last week following reports of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad closing on rebel fighters in the Syrian region near the Israeli border.