Israel Returns Fire After Syria Shelling Hits Golan Heights

Israel Returns Fire After Syria Shelling Hits Golan Heights
An Israeli soldier walks near the Quneitra border crossing in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights on August 31, 2014. Israel downed a drone over the occupied Golan Heights, the army said, amid mounting tension on the UN-patrolled armistice line with Syria on the strategic plateau. AFP PHOTO/ MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
An Israeli soldier walks near the Quneitra border crossing in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights on August 31, 2014. Israel downed a drone over the occupied Golan Heights, the army said, amid mounting tension on the UN-patrolled armistice line with Syria on the strategic plateau. AFP PHOTO/ MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

JERUSALEM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A projectile from fighting in the Syrian civil war struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday and Israeli forces responded by firing at a Syrian army position, the military said.

In a statement, the military said it appeared the shooting from Syria was not deliberate but "errant fire from the internal fighting". There were no immediate reports of casualties from either side. (Reporting by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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