Syrian militants fire on Israeli settlements - IDF retaliates
Israel and Syrian militants exchange strikes (photo: Getty Images)
Militants in Syria fired shells at Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded with retaliatory strikes, reports Xinhua.
Agricultural land in the Daraa province, which borders the Golan Heights, was damaged by Israeli artillery fire.
The attack was allegedly in response to the launch of four missiles from Syria toward two Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. The Syrian missiles fell near the settlements of Eliad and Avnei Etan.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British organization monitoring the war, said that Iranian-backed militant groups fired rockets toward the Golan Heights, prompting Israeli artillery fire in the Yarmouk Basin.
War between Israel and Hamas
On October 7, Hamas militants invaded Israel. The terrorists began killing and kidnapping both military and civilians. Soon, Jerusalem announced Operation Iron Swords and shelled terrorist sites in the Gaza Strip.
On November 24, a temporary truce began between Jerusalem and the militants to release prisoners, with Qatar acting as a mediator. Already on December 1, hostilities resumed, according to Israel, due to a violation of the truce by Hamas.
On December 20, Israel offered the Palestinians a truce for a week. But Hamas rejected the offer.
Subsequently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named three conditions that must be met to end the war against the Palestinian militants of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
