The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that rockets from Syria were fired at the northern region of Israel.
As the Times of Israel writes, citing the IDF, in response, Israel opened artillery fire at the source of the shelling.< /p>
The Israel Defense Forces did not specify exactly how many rockets were fired from Syria.
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Sirens sounded in Alma, near the Lebanese border, and in Avnei Eitan, in the Golan Heights, not far from border with Syria.
There are no reports of injuries or destruction.
Shelling of Israel from Syria
The first reports of shelling of Israel from Syria appeared on October 10, the third the day after Hamas militants invaded the Jewish state.
Then, according to the IDF, Syrian rockets fell in an open area. Injured or damaged as a result of that shelling — there was no.
War in Israel
On October 7, 2023, the radical Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel. The attack was sudden and many Hamas militants were able to enter Israeli territory. The Jewish state launched retaliatory strikes.
It was one of the worst escalations in recent years between Israel and the Islamist militant group.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu subsequently announced that the country was in war.
