Israel vows 'immediate' answer to Syria fire
Israeli soldiers fire anti-tank missile at Syrian army post after coming under fire for second time in 12 hours.
Israel's new defence minister Moshe Yaalon has vowed an "immediate" answer to all Syrian gunfire onto the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, saying the government in Damascus was responsible.
"Every violation of Israeli sovereignty and shooting from the Syrian side will immediately be answered by silencing the source of fire," he said in a statement.
His remarks were made shortly after Israeli troops on the strategic plateau fired an anti-tank missile at a Syrian army post after coming under fire for the second time in 12 hours, army radio said.
"We view with great seriousness the shooting last night and this morning from Syria at an IDF force on territory of the state of Israel," Yaalon said on Sunday.
"We see the Syrian regime as responsible for every breach of sovereignty. We shall not allow the Syrian army or any other body to violate Israeli sovereignty firing into our territory."
Earlier, a military spokesman said shots had been fired at troops in the southern Golan Heights.
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