Israel Returns Fire on Syria as Rockets From Gaza Persist
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Israel faced fire on two fronts for a second day as rockets from the Gaza Strip hit its south, while a Syrian mortar shell landed in the Golan Heights on its northern reaches, drawing a retaliatory strike.
The Israeli tank fire was aimed at the source of the mortar launch across the Syrian frontier and scored “direct hits,” the army said in an e-mailed statement. The army said that “fire emanating from Syria into Israel will not be tolerated and shall be responded to with severity.”