An aircraft belonging to the Israeli Air Force struck inside the Syrian border near the Golan region a day after Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan threatened to use military force to remove Assad’s presence from the demilitarized zone.
According to a report from Reuters, the strike targeted a Syrian Army position on top of a hill in the village of Khan Arnabeh, Quneitra province. The Israeli military said that Syrian artillery had fired into the demilitarized zone from this position.
A short while ago, the IDF targeted a Syrian military post from which a shell was launched and fell in the buffer zone, adjacent to and east of the security fence. The launch was part of the internal fighting in Syria
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 6, 2018
A commander with the pro-Assad forces in the region said the strike did not result in any casualties.
Although Israel is not officially involved in Syria’s civil war, leaders from Jerusalem have said that they will enforce the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement which established the demilitarized “buffer zone” in the Golan Heights. Israel has occupied the area since the 1967 Six-Day war and has recently fortified their military positions in the region.
The IDF is not involved in the internal fighting in Syria, however, it will continue to implement the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement that includes maintaining the buffer zone
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 6, 2018
These strikes are the latest in a series of missions carried out by the Israeli military against targets inside Syria since the civil war began.