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Iranian forces fire rockets at Israeli targets in Golan

Reuters
Israel has been bracing for Iranian retaliation to an attack last month when presumed Israeli missiles hit an Iranian-controlled base deep in Syria.

Iranian forces in Syria fired about 20 rockets at Israeli soldiers along the border in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said, in what appeared to be the first instance of a direct attack by Iran against Israel from Syria.

The attack late Wednesday night caused no injuries and only limited damage to property, the Israeli army said.

The attack came after suspected Israeli missiles targeted an Iran-linked army base south of Syria’s capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would withdraw from the international nuclear deal with Iran. Those strikes heightened tensions in a region already on edge, and underlined the risk of direct confrontation between Iran and Israel following the U.S. exit from the nuclear agreement.

Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Cornricus said in a phone briefing to journalists that Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes in Syria, but provided no details.

Syrian air defenses had “confronted” Israeli missiles and reported Israeli shelling in the Syrian city of Baath, located near Israel’s northern border, according to the Syrian state news agency.

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