Key facts
- Israeli artillery shelled agricultural land south of Jubata al-Khashab in Syria's Golan Heights.
- The shelling caused a fire in the farmland.
- Israeli troops also launched illumination flares over the area.
Israeli artillery shelled agricultural land south of the village of Jubata al-Khashab in Syria's Golan Heights, sparking a fire, Alikhbaria TV reported. The broadcaster indicated that Israeli troops launched artillery shelling and illumination flares over the area, igniting fire in the farmland. Historical incidents along the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line during the Syrian civil war include errant mortar shells from the Syrian army landing in agricultural land in September 2012, an IDF jeep being hit by a bullet from Syria in November 2012, and Israeli warplanes attacking a Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center facility in January 2013.