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IDF shells southern Syria in response to errant rocket fire at Golan
[IsraelTimes] Growing assessment among defense officials that rockets said to land in Sea of Galilee were Islamic State projectiles targeting Assad regime forces.Israeli aircrafts targeted southern Syria Wednesday evening in response to apparently errant fire from the country’s ongoing civil war that triggered sirens throughout the Golan Heights hours prior. The army said it targeted the rocket launcher that fired two projectiles toward Israel, though it did not identify the party responsible. "The IDF will act against any attempt to compromise Israeli illusory sovereignty and the safety of its civilians," the military said in a statement. Hours earlier the Emek Hayarden Regional Council said two projectiles landed in the Sea of Galilee. Police stated that they were unable to find any remnants of a rocket, missile or mortar after hours of searches in the area. The searches will resume Thursday at sunrise, police said. The IDF had yet to confirm whether the source of projectiles it identified heading toward Israel originated from  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... ’s military or from rebel forces, but the growing assessment among defense officials was that Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... fighters were responsible for the rocket fire. Eyewitnesses told Hadashot news that they saw the projectiles land in the water ‐ one of them exploding, and the other not. "We heard a whistling," one local recalled. "And then a second whistling. And then we saw [one of the missiles] falling into the water, maybe 50 meters from the beach." The projectiles were believed to have been fired from the southern part of the Syrian Golan Heights, where the Assad regime has been completing its campaign against the last rebel villages remaining in the area. Incoming rocket sirens blared across the Israeli Golan Heights, sending residents of the area scrambling to bomb shelters. The military said the system was triggered after it identified projectiles launched in the direction of Israel. No missile defense systems were fired, however. The IDF was investigating why the defense systems were not activated. School vacation meant that the area surrounding Sea of Galilee was packed with tourists. There were no injuries reported. The projectile fire came a day after the Israeli Air Force shot down a Syrian fighter jet that traveled two kilometers into Israeli airspace. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-26 |
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