Israeli authorities say they are striking targets in Syrian territory after three rockets were launched into the country from Syria on Saturday (8).
One of the rockets landed in the southern Golan Heights, said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which stressed that it did not need to intercept the missiles, according to a Twitter post.
“In response to rockets fired from Syria at Israel earlier today, IDF artillery is attacking Syrian territory,” the Israel Defense Forces reported.
The agency noted that a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle or drone) is “currently targeting launchers in Syria from where the rockets were launched into Israeli territory earlier this evening.”
In an earlier tweet, the IDF had said that sirens were “sounding in northern Israel”. However, the agency did not report any damage caused by the rockets.
Israel took the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War and annexed the narrow strip of land in 1981. The Golan Heights are considered occupied territory under international law and UN Security Council resolutions.
The news comes after the country hit Palestinian militant targets in southern Lebanon and Gaza on Friday (7), after dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory.
Tension at al-Aqsa mosque
The rocket launches come amid heightened tensions in the region following Israeli police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
The action of security forces at the mosque is considered a major provocation by Muslims.
Israeli police raided the temple twice on Wednesday (5) last week, claiming that “hundreds of protesters and mosque desecrators (had) barricaded themselves” inside.
On Saturday night (8), the police claimed again that “many young people [tinham] entered the mosque and closed the doors, for no reason.”
Jordan, Israel’s neighbor, has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Israeli forces storm the mosque again.
If the Israeli police “attack the faithful again, in an attempt to empty [a mesquita] of worshipers, in preparation for major raids on the mosque”, this “would push the situation towards more tension and violence, for which everyone would pay the price”, said Jordanian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Sinan al-Majali, in a statement.
“The Israeli government is responsible for the escalation in Jerusalem and all occupied Palestinian territories and for the deterioration that will worsen if it does not stop its incursions into the holy al-Aqsa mosque… and its terror of worshipers in these blessed days,” he added. -Majali.
Jordan’s warning was followed by a statement by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Sunday morning (9), stressing that people who “barricade themselves inside [da mesquita de al-Aqsa] they are a dangerous mob, radicalized and incited by Hamas and other terrorist organizations”.
The ministry called on Jordanian Waqf guards “to immediately remove from the al-Aqsa Mosque those extremists who plan to riot (on Sunday) during Muslim prayers on the Temple Mount and the Priestly Blessing at the Wailing Wall.”
The Waqf is the Jordanian-appointed body that manages the al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews.
Reported shooting in West Bank
In a separate action on Saturday night (9), the IDF killed a 20-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank town of Azzoun, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health.
The man, Ayed Azam Salim, was shot in the abdomen and chest in Qalqilya district, according to the ministry.
“After routine activities, several suspects threw an explosive device at IDF soldiers in the town of Azzun,” the IDF said in a statement.
Soldiers responded “with live ammunition towards him” and one person was hit, the statement added. No Israeli soldiers were injured, according to the statement.
Salim was taken to a hospital in Qalqilya, where he succumbed to his injuries and died, according to Palestinian News Agency WAFA.
On Friday, one person was killed and seven others were injured in a car attack in Tel Aviv. Police said the car was driven by a 45-year-old resident of Kfar Kasem, a predominantly Arab city east of Tel Aviv.
The victim, an Italian tourist, was identified by Israeli and Italian authorities as Alessandro Parini. Italian media claimed he was a 35-year-old lawyer.
Israeli authorities described the incident as a “terrorist attack”.
Source: CNN Brasil
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