Gunfire from Syria hits occupied Golan Heights: Israeli army

The Israeli army says gunfire from Syria has hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight.

The Israeli military said on Monday that the overnight gunfire did not cause any damage or injuries and that the incident was apparently accidental.

Tel Aviv has recently boosted military activities in the occupied Golan Heights, where clashes between Syrian forces and foreign-sponsored militants have spiked dramatically in recent weeks.

The Israeli military has set up a “military field hospital” at military outpost 105 in the occupied Golan Heights to treat wounded militants fighting against the government in neighboring Syria.

The Israeli military has carried out three airstrikes against Syria so far this year.

The Syrian state television reported on May 5 that Israel had attacked the Jamraya Research Center, located northwest of the capital, Damascus. The center had been targeted by another Israeli airstrike back in January.

The aggression came shortly after Tel Aviv confirmed that its warplanes had hit another target in Syria two days earlier.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry has sent letters to the United Nations and the Security Council stating that Israel’s aggression shows the link between Tel Aviv and terrorist groups operating in Syria including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.

Meanwhile, the anti-Syria countries including Turkey and several Arab states in the region have been silent on Tel Aviv’s acts of aggression against Syria.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.