An Israeli warplane struck a position on Friday on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights after a mortar shell allegedly landed in a neutral border area.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed the airstrike targeted a Syrian army post that had shelled a buffer zone on the Golan frontier during fighting with insurgents in southern Syria.
Syrian military sources affirmed the Israeli airstrike targeted a hill in Khan Arnabeh village in Quneitra province without causing casualties.
In a separate statement the Israeli army threatened to invade the buffer zone in the Golan Heights if any Syrian forces violated the UN-monitored 1974 ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli army which already carried out several aerial attacks on Syria also claimed it had no intention to get involved in Syria’s war and would continue to implement to implement the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement that includes maintaining the buffer zone.
An Israeli cabinet minister also threatened last Thursday that Israel could fire upon any Syrian forces violating the truce deal.
The UN-monitored 1974 armistice bars military build-ups by either side Syria or Israel around the Golan.
However the Israeli army has recently beefed up its artillery forces near the buffer zone of the Golan watching warily as the Syrian regime’s military forces and its allies advance near the Golan.
