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Response Palestine
The aircraft of the Israeli Defense Army (IDF) attacked the positions of the Syrian government forces in response to the shelling of Israeli territory. It is reported by Haaretz with reference to the army command.
About 10 Syrian mortar shells fell undeveloped area in the Golan Heights area. As a result of shelling, no one was injured. The Israeli military recognized the shelling of the neighboring state from the territory of the neighboring state of shells, but considered the incident unacceptable.
“In response to more than ten shells issued from Syria and previously fallen today in Israel, the Israeli Air Force attacked the positions from where the fire was fired. In addition, two tanks belonging to the Syrian regime were attacked,” the press service of the Israeli army said. “The IDF will not tolerate a blow to the sovereignty of our country and the safety of its residents. The IDF imposes responsibility for the Syrian regime for what is happening on its territory. "
The civilian population was asked to refrain from visiting the territories bordering on Syria because of the continuing battles in the southwestern province of El Kuner, where the troops of Bashar al-Assad are fighting with the forces of the opposition.
According to Syrian media, two Syrian troops were killed as a result of an Israeli strike.
In the Syrian conflict, Israel holds strict neutrality, but reserves the right to defense. In September last year, the Israeli Air Force plane struck the positions of the Syrian artillery . This was done in response to the artillery chamber of Israeli military at the Golan heights. Syria claimed that the Israeli plane was shot down. They denied this in the IDF and reported that all the planes returned to the bases.
On April 27, Israel stated the Hesbollah warehouse near Damascus. “The incident in Syria fits into the Israeli course to prevent the smuggling of Iranian weapons“ Hezbolla ”through Syria,” explained Israeli intelligence Minister Israel Katz. He added that Israel will react in the future in this way to intelligence reports on the supply of weapons for Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is a militarized Lebanese Shiite organization and a political party, advocating the creation of an Islamic state in the Lebanon on the model of Iran. It was created in 1982 to fight the Israeli military presence in South Livan. Hezbollah is involved in dozens of terrorist attacks in Israel and in other countries against the Israelis. Hezbollah militants are fighting in Syria on the side of Assad.