Israeli fire to Syria for the first time 39 years

The Israeli military on the 11th, the day of the fire on Syrian territory, and warned to Syria conflict gunfire has spread to the Golan Heights under Israeli control area. Israel Radio identified after the war in the Middle East since 1973, the Israeli and the Syrian Golan Heights first fire contact ".

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Israeli troops to fire on Syrian artillery squad

The Israeli army said in a statement that, due to internal conflict in Syria, an IDF outpost by shelling close to the Syrian-controlled area in the Golan Heights.

"In response, Israeli soldiers opened fire to the Syrian region warning." Told reporters more than willing to publish the names of military personnel, the Israeli army opened fire on the direction of a Syrian artillery squad during a "Tammuz" anti-tank missile This weapon to combat accuracy with that.

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Syria shells repeatedly fall into the scope of the Israeli side

Syria conflict intensified recently, government forces and armed opposition groups in the exchange of fire near the Golan Heights, bullets and artillery shells repeatedly fall into the control area in square or demilitarized zone, triggering worries and dissatisfaction of the Israeli side.

An Israeli shells falling on the 8th of this month, a control region from Syria Ruge Lan Heights settlements did not explode. On the 3rd of this month, Israel alleges that three Syrian tanks allowed to enter the demilitarized zone of the Golan Heights, an Israeli army jeep because of the conflict between the Syrian officers was shot, no one was injured.

The Israeli military said the shelling of the 11th has been protested by the United Nations forces stationed in the Golan Heights. Intolerable, "Syrian artillery fell into Israel (phenomenon) will be subject to severe response."

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the same day, the Israeli side has warned the situation in the Golan Heights to the Syrian government. He said: "If the fall into the shells (again), we will be responded to."

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To do not want too much involvement in the Syria conflict

Israeli troops fire warning aggravate a lot of people on the Syrian conflict spillover risk concerns. Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan have been the security situation on the border area with Syria to express worries soil Syria once more date mutual shelling.

11 earlier in the day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet members, the Israeli side "is closely following up the situation in the Golan Heights," ready to respond to any changes.

Since the Syrian crisis that erupted in March last year, Israel's basic take unconcerned attitude. However, many analysts concluded that Israel does not want too much involvement in the Syrian conflict, fear itself once again into war. To square the fall of the regime of Bashar strong desire to take a tougher stance on Israel worried that the new regime might come to power.

The Bashar government of Israel adopted a hostile attitude. According to Reuters, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah militants claiming to be a "resistance axis" Israel as a common enemy. However, in recent years, the Golan Heights, the relative calm, the Bashar government excesses.