Tag: Quneitra

Quneitra, located on the Golan Heights, is alongside Israel's border.

The targeted outpost is located near the Druze village of Hader, in southern Syria.

The warning comes against the backdrop of ongoing tension with the Assad regime in recent months, which included a series of confrontations.

A "spillover" of four Syrian rockets hit the Israeli side of the Golan Heights early Saturday morning, triggering rocket alerts on the Golan Heights.

The IDF issued a statement following the operation: We will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli sovereignty.

"What are we supposed to think about the ‘friendliness’ of the Iranian leaders under such circumstances?" Ambassador Koren asked.

“Israel maintains a policy of non-involvement in the Syrian civil war. However, we will not tolerate any breach of Israel’s sovereignty. "

It took less than an hour for Israeli Defense Forces to retaliate against the Syrian military position that fired the mortar.

Israeli farmers are still permitted to work their fields in the area, but are warned not to approach the border fence.

The Al-Mayaden website reported that "the Israeli attack resulted in two martyrs and three wounded troops of the Golan regiments," and on Sunday Israeli shells also landed on the Syrian side of the Golan.

Syrian media reports...

An ISIS-linked terrorist group has built an army and seized control of four villages and a provincial capital near the northern Israeli border.

A Syrian mortar shell exploded in northern Israel near the border in the Golan Heights.

So far there has been no report of the Syrian army firing at the two IAF attacks.

It's not clear who is firing the mortar shells that land in northern Israel, since there are so many different actors in Syria.

Route 98 in the Israeli Golan Heights was closed to traffic after the third Syrian mortar shell exploded in the area, making the road risky for travelers.

It's starting to become a daily event.

As the Israeli Air Force was hitting Syrian Army positions, the other side launched two S-200 (SAM) ground-to-air missiles from Damascus.

The reports all agree that Assad's allies are massing near Israel's border with Syria. What's unclear is which enemy it is.

If the Syrian report is accurate, Iranian troops are now in Quneitra alongside Israel's border on the Golan Heights.

"We condemn the insult our people have sustained in the liberated Al-Quneitra district in the form of food supplies awarded by the Zionist entity which is repressing the Golan which was sold out by the regime."

At least 18 were killed in southern Syria close to the northern Israeli border in an attack on the FSA by radical Islamists.

One of the bases that was reportedly hit is being used by Hezbollah and Assad's forces.

Israel says air strikes Tuesday night on Syrian bases in Quneitra, Damascus and surrounds were a warning to Beirut.

Iran allegedly is plotting to assassinate the sons of the current and former Israeli prime ministers.

The Hezbollah terror group says it will attack Israel with "wisdom" and take Lebanon into consideration.

Hezbollah warns an IAF air strike on its convoy in Syria may lead to a "costly adventure."

A small caliber weapon was used to shoot at IDF troops patrolling along the border near Quneitra.

Israeli military is watching the northern border closely, waiting for the day the "changes" arrive. Rebels already control Syria's side of the fence.

Residents of Gaza Belt communities in the south headed for bomb shelters on a false alarm at midday Monday. Northern Israel was hit earlier.