IDF missile destroys Syrian cannon that fired shells on Israel

 

Israeli Tamuz missile successfully destroys  Syrian cannon which fired 2 mortars at Golan Heights earlier in the day.

Yoav Zitun

An IDF Tamuz missile destroyed Wednesday afternoon a Syrian cannon which had fired two shells into Israeli territory earlier in the day and lightly injured two soldiers.

IDF soldiers shortly after shells landed (Photo: Avihu Shapira)

IDF soldiers shortly after shells landed – Photo: Avihu Shapira

During the incident in the northern Golan Heights, one soldier sustained light wounds from shrapnel, while another suffered from severe shock.

The IDF said the mortars were stray fallout from Syrian infighting near the border between President Bashar Assad‘s forces and rebels trying to overthrow him.

The past year has seen a number of incidents in which errant shells and gunfire hit the Golan Heights. An increase in these incidents has been registered as the infighting intensified over the past few weeks. However, the IDF said that in some of the cases the fire was intentional.

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On Tuesday a group of 18 Syrians trying to escape the infighting crossed the border into Israel. They were returned to Syria unharmed a short while later.

Last week, for example, shots were fired at workers building the new security fence along the Israel-Syria border, near an IDF outpost. A week earlier shots were fired at an army patrol. No one was injured in either incident.

 

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