With the disaster that is known as the "Syrian Government" it might be prudent for the Israeli's to wait just a bit to see who it was that actually fired that mortar. It could have been the Syrian army but it also could have been Syrian rebels; perhaps they were thinking that if they could get the Israeli's to respond to the Syrian army the rebels might have a shot at actually defeating them. Or something. Anyway just wait a bit and see. I don't think the IDF would, at this point, have much of a problem with the Syrian army or whatever it is they have left to defend that country.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have fired a warning shot at Syria, after a Syrian shell landed in the Golan Heights for the second time in recent days. This marks the first time Israel has fired on Syria since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. There was only one round of fire shot because there was only one mortar found, but if this continues they will no longer abide by that policy.
A spokesman for the IDF said, “In light of the policy instituted by IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, a warning round was fired back into Syria. We don't...
a set-up.
One wouldn't think that the rebel's Arab and Turkish backers are sanguine about a strategy that could easily result in many Syrians closing ranks behind the army as it takes in Israel- however futile an undertaking that would be.