Tag: syria

JERUSALEM: Israeli troops fired artillery and mortar shells toward Syria on Tuesday after a number of shells launched from its northern neighbour landed in open areas on Israeli territory, Israel's military said. A source in southern Syria said a Palestinian faction had fired three rockets toward Israel. The development raises fears the violence could lead to a wider war, as Israel trades cross-border salvoes with Lebanon's Hezbollah and battles Hamas militants in Gaza. The military said its soldiers had fired "toward the origin of the launching in Syria"....