GOLAN HEIGHTS: Two mortar bombs fired from Syria hit an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights, wounding an Israeli soldier

Record ID: 862321

  • Title: GOLAN HEIGHTS: Two mortar bombs fired from Syria hit an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights, wounding an Israeli soldier
  • Date: 9th October 2013
  • Summary: GOLAN HEIGHTS (OCTOBER 9, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING ON THE BORDER AREA BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA IN THE OCCUPIED GOLN HEIGHTS VARIOUS OF MILITARY VEHICLES ON ROAD, AND ISRAELI SOLDIERS VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS STANDING NEAR VEHICLES WIDE VIEW OF ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES BASE SECURITY FENCE BETWEEN OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SYRIA JUBATA AL KHASHAM VILLAGE IN SYRIA, SEEN FROM OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS MORE OF BORDER AREA MORE OF ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES BASE MORE OF AL KHASHAM VILLAGE MORE OF MILITARY TROOPS ON ROAD MILITARY JEEP CARRYING SOLDIERS DRIVING
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
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  • Country: Syria
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  • Reuters ID: LVA9LXVVUZK1V7VLMSF0PYKVPGOW
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  • Story Text: Two mortar bombs fired from Syria hit an Israeli military post on the occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday (October 9) wounding an Israeli soldier, in an incident that drew Israeli return fire, the military said.
    Initial reports suggested the mortars were stray fire from Syrian civil war battles, the military said in a statement. The soldier was wounded by shrapnel.
    Fire from Syria's civil war has occasionally spilled over into the Golan Heights, territory Israel captured from its northern neighbour in 1967. Last November, an Israeli soldier on the Golan was slightly wounded by gunfire from Syria.
    Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon has said Israel would not tolerate any spillover from the Syrian conflict, signalling a policy of swift retaliation for any fire into the Golan Heights.
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