The IDF says Israeli troops stationed in southern Syria came under fire just after midnight. No injuries were reported. In response, troops returned fire, launched mortars, and a helicopter carried out a strike in an open area.
Israeli troops stationed in southern Syria came under fire shortly after midnight on Monday, the military reported. No casualties were caused. The IDF responded by returning fire and launching mortar shells toward the source of the attack, and a helicopter conducted a strike in an open area in the vicinity.
This is the latest in a series of incidents in the same area. As The Zioneer reported on Sunday June 28 at 23:04 Jerusalem, the IDF fired artillery at the village of Abdin in Daraa province after a militant opened fire on Israeli troops earlier that night, triggering a pursuit backed by artillery. That incident itself followed reports earlier on Sunday at 15:06 Jerusalem of a Hezbollah ceasefire violation against IDF troops, which the military had not confirmed as of that afternoon. The Sunday artillery strike was confirmed by the IDF hours after initial witness reports of IAF aircraft over western Daraa at 23:04 Jerusalem.
The pattern of fire directed at Israeli forces in southern Syria has drawn consistent IDF responses, as The Zioneer has documented across the theater. A similar Hezbollah fire incident in southern Lebanon on June 16 prompted delayed IDF confirmation but no authorized response, according to military sources.
The military did not specify the identity of those who opened fire in tonight's incident. The situation remains under investigation.
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