Itongadol.- Army Spokesman has confirmed that an additional two mortars exploded in Israeli territory Tuesday afternoon, making three within the span of an hour.
A military source stated that the mortar fire was likely accidental spillover from battles between Assad regime forces and rebels in Syria\’s civil war.
This is the seventh incident of Syrian mortars landing in Israeli territory in the past ten days. The IDF has responded to such spillover. even if it was expected to be accidental, with attacks against Syrian Army positions
On Monday evening, Syrian fire crossed into the northern Golan Heights as a nationwide ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia came into effect in the embattled country.
In response, the Israeli air force attacked cannons belonging to the Syrian regime on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.
The Syrian army then claimed on Tuesday morning that it had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone.
In a rare response to a foreign report, the IDF on Tuesday denied that any of its aircraft had been downed, but said Syrian forces had fired two surface-to-air missiles after the Israeli strike Monday night on a Syrian position.