A Syrian mortar shell exploded Monday evening in the northern section of Israel’s Golan Heights, for the second time in less the two weeks.
No physical injuries were reported in the incident.
Just a little over a week ago, a mortar shell fired from Syria landed in an open field, also in central Golan.
No physical injuries were reported in that incident either, and the shell was presumed to have been part of the “spillover” from the fighting between factions in southern Syria.
Nevertheless, Israeli military forces attacked Syrian artillery launchers a few hours later the same day (Sept. 4) in retaliation for the shelling.
The Syrian mortar fire had struck the central area of the northern Golan Heights near Al-Furan, although the source of the shelling was not clear.
However, Israel holds the Syrian government responsible for all actions that take place within its borders, according to the IDF.
Another official ceasefire worked out between Russia and the United States was to begin Monday night with the start of the Islamic Eid al-Adha Feast of the Sacrifice holiday.
Regime forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were pledged to abide by the ceasefire. But it’s not clear whether they had yet begun their part of the deal, or whether some of the other factions to whom Russia and the United States had reached out in the past week had simply chosen not to observe the truce — or were simply testing its limits.