JERUSALEM // Israel struck Syrian army artillery posts early on Wednesday in response to rockets that landed in the Israeli-held Golan Heights the previous day.
The Israeli air force attacked Syrian government positions in the territory controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad, Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli defence minister, said.
He said the Israeli strike was a “clear message that we will not tolerate any fire toward Israeli territory”.
At least two rockets landed in the Israeli-held Golan Heights on Tuesday and Israel initially responded with artillery fire.
Lt Col Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said the rockets had been fired from Syrian army positions, but it was unclear if the Syrian army fired them or if militants had overrun the army position and fired them.
Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. Mortar shells and rockets have struck the heights numerous times during Syria’s civil war.
* Associated Press, with additional reporting from Reuters
