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Three mortar shells from Syria fell on Israel territory on Thursday, Israel Radio reported.
One of the shells landed in the Eloni Habashan moshav, but did not explode. No injuries or damage were reported.
Defense officials said they don\’t believe the mortars were intentionally fired at Israel, but rather were errant shells from internal fighting in Syria.
A week earlier, three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights, and remained there for several hours into the evening.
The tanks, which were involved in heavy clashes with Syrian rebels, encroached the decades-old cease-fire agreement between Jerusalem and Damascus.
Israel lodged a complaint with the UN over the ceasefire violation. The defense establishment has concluded, however, that the movement of tanks was linked to the Syrian civil war, and not intended as an act of aggression against Israel.
Nevertheless, the IDF raised its alert level in the Golan Heights region.
In October, the IDF evacuated tourists from the top of Mount Hermon after sighting dozens of Syrians – many of them with guns – in civilian clothing approaching the border.
The suspects, who may have been rebels, did not infiltrate the border, and stopped their approach to the fence some 500 meters away from the international boundary.