Published January 27th 2015 01:57pm Two rockets fired from Syria land in northern Israel IDF spokesman says attack was deliberate; Israeli army fires 20 artillery shells towards source of rockets Alerts warning of incoming missiles sounded across the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Tuesday afternoon as two rockets landed in an open area near the Syrian border. Israel scrambled fighter aircraft into the air after the rockets landed and forces fired 20 artillery shells towards the presumed source of the rockets. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified direct hits on the positions it targeted. The IDF confirmed that four rockets had been fired from Syria and two had landed in Israeli territory. IDF spokesman Peter Lerner the attack was deliberate and not the result of a spillover of fighting between rival factions in Syria. Golan Regional Council Eli Malka said he was not surprised by the attack and that the army had prepared for such a scenario. There were no reported injuries but nearly 1,000 visitors to the Hermon ski site near the Syrian border were evacuated. The site has been packed with visitors in recent days following a heavy snowfall. All the roads leading to the area were closed off and residents were told to stay in bomb shelters. Northern Israel has been on high alert since last week for possible Hezbollah retaliation following an attack on a Hezbollah convoy near the Israeli Golan Heights border, in which Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Mohammed Allah Dadi and Jihad Moughniyeh, Hezbollah commander and the son of the groups late military leader Imad Moughniyeh, were killed along with six other Iranian soldiers and six Hezbollah operatives. Military convoys leading tanks and armored personnel carriers last week arrived in the Golan Heights and the upper Galilee. Farmers from nearby towns were told to stay away from their fields near the border. The army also deployed a number of Iron Dome air defense batteries to the North. i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/59134-150127-two-rockets-fired-from-syria-land-in-northern-israel
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:32:12 +0000
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