JERUSALEM, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel's military on Sunday struck Syrian army posts after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the Israel-held Golan Heights for a second consecutive day.
The strikes were carried out in response to several errant projectiles that hit northern Israel earlier in the afternoon, causing no injuries or damage, a military spokesperson said in a statement.
The spillover was a result of the fighting in Quneitra, next to the disputed border between Syria and Israel.
In retaliation, the spokesperson said, "the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) targeted two artillery positions and an ammunition truck belonging to the Syrian regime."
As a precautionary measure, the army requested Israeli civilians to avoid moving and gathering in open areas adjacent to the border area.
A similar incident occurred on Saturday, as 10 projectiles hit an open field in the Israeli-controlled Golan, causing no injuries or damage.
In response, Israel's air force attacked posts of the Syrian army. Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported that several people were killed in the strikes, including at least two civilians.
The projectiles were spillover from the fighting in Syria.
According to SANA, the battles in this region are between President Bashar Assad's army and the Nusra Front, a Salafist rebel group in Syria.
"Due to the unacceptable violation of Israeli sovereignty," Israel has protested to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which maintains the 1974 cease-fire between Israel and Syria, a military spokesperson said.
After the Sunday incident, Israel filed a second complaint, a military official said.
Errant fire from the Syria, which is fighting a six-year-long war, has occasionally been spilling over to Israel, usually causing no casualties or damage.
Israel often retaliated the mortars with airstrikes.
Israel had repeatedly declared it would not intervene in the internal fighting in Syria.
However, it is widely believed that Israel often carried out airstrikes on weapons convoys in Syria, and has been providing medical treatment to hundreds of wounded Syrians who reached the border.
