Iron Dome intercepts four rockets fired into Golan from Syria
The alarm was sounded in several towns near the Israel-Syria border; people living there reported they heard explosions.
By TAL LEV RAM/MAARIVIron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
Four rockets fired from near Damascus, likely by Iranian elements, were intercepted by Iron Dome missile defense batteries as they flew over the Golan Heights in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday.The rockets triggered a Code Red alarm, and Golan residents reported hearing explosions as the rockets were shot down.Syrian media reported that explosions were heard at Damascus Airport.Tensions have been running high along the Syrian border, though no attacks have been reported from Israel in the last month and a half. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett convened a high-level military meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi and other senior officers.Over the weekend, two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip were intercepted by the Iron Dome.Following those launches, the IDF announced that it had attacked Hamas targets in Gaza, including a military camp and a compound used by the terrorist organization, as well as underground infrastructures in Gaza.“The attacks were made in response to rockets fired from Gaza during the night,” the IDF said over the weekend.The ceasefire with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which began on Thursday, has been broken by the intermittent firing of rockets. On Monday, the IDF attacked PIJ targets after members of the organization launched rockets toward Israel during the night.Around noon on Monday, life went back to “normal” for residents of the Gaza border communities.
