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Itongadol.- Two mortars fell in northern Israel early Tuesday afternoon, shortly after air raid sirens blared throughout the area of Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the northern Golan Heights, warning of fire from Syria. Local residents reported hearing blasts in the area shortly after.
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The mortars landed in an open area near orchards and a UN base. The IDF said that at present, they do not know why the sirens blared throughout such widespread areas, but the assessment is that the fire is a result of spillover from the Syrian conflict and not an attack on Israel. No injuries have been reported.
Ein Zivan is located across the border from Syria\’s Quneitra – where battles have been waging between pro-regime forces and rebels in recent days. The incident could be spillover from the Syrian conflict.
During the morning hours, reports emerged of battles between different Syrian rebel factions across from the central Golan Heights.
The last time rockets hit northern Israel was last July, when two rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into northern Israel, followed by another rocket, this time from Syria, which landed in a town in the north of the Golan Heights.
The rocket sirens were activated in the Kibbutzim of Gonen, Lehavot HaBashan, Neot Mordechai, Amir, Sde Nehemia and Shamir, as well as in the towns of Had Nes, Kanaf, Ma\’ale Gamla, Kidmat Tzvi, Katzrin, Sha\’al, Odem, El Rom, Buq\’ata, Majdal Shams, Masada, Neve Ativ, Nimrod and Ein Qiniyye.