Meters from where Israeli journalists were scanning the Golan Heights, shell fire struck from Syria on Wednesday afternoon shortly after 1:30 pm.
Despite a statement from the IDF claiming the shell was “spillover” from the civil war raging across the border, an Israel Radio reporter on site adamantly insisted the group was targeted and the attack was intentional. No one was physically injured.
This is the second time in less than a week that Syrian shelling has struck Israeli territory.
United Nations Disengagement Observation Force troops left the Syrian side of the northern border with Israel two days ago (Sept. 15) due to the deteriorating security situation. The forces headed for the more secure Israeli side of the border.
Early Monday, a rocket fired from the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing between Syria and Israel landed in northern Israel.
The rocket exploded in an open area at about 6 am; no physical injuries were reported. That attack was also ruled by IDF officials to have been “errant fire” from the intense fighting between rebel factions and troops waging civil war on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad.
