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Topic: Alonei Habashan

May 20, 2013
9:16 am

Israeli soldiers stand guard in Alonei Habashan in the Israeli Golan Heights on November 11, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)

Golan Heights hit by stray bullets from Syria

IDF lookout post sees sporadic shooting from across the border; no injuries or damage reported

By Stuart Winer

March 2, 2013
2:10 pm

The UN observer force on the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights (photo credit: CC BY FreedomHouse/Flickr/File)

3 Syrian mortars land in southern Golan Heights

No reports of injuries or damage in the deepest penetration yet of Syrian fire into Israel

February 27, 2013
2:59 pm

The Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Syrian tank shell lands in Israeli Golan Heights town

Amid reports that Assad’s forces have left the Syrian side of the Golan, errant fire is first spillover incident since mortars fell over the border in November

By Gabe Fisher

November 26, 2012
12:02 am

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in July 2012 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Syrian fire crosses into Israel for second time Sunday

Bullets strike near IDF vehicle; no injuries or damage reported

By Joshua Davidovich

November 25, 2012
7:38 pm

Golan Heights residents report explosion near Syria border

IDF rules out mortar hitting Israel, says incident was likely small-arms fire on other side of border

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 19, 2012
5:50 pm

Syrian soldiers firing artillery shells near Israel's border on Monday. (Screenshot/ Channel 2)

For second time in a week, stray Syrian bullets hit IDF border post

No injuries among soldiers as civil war spills into Israel

By Aaron Kalman

November 15, 2012
12:45 pm

IDF soldier grazed by stray Syrian bullet

Civil war spills over fence, as shots hit army border post

By Aaron Kalman

November 11, 2012
1:52 pm

An artillery piece in the north of Israel firing a shell in a 2006 drill. (Illustrative photo: Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90)

IDF fires ‘warning’ anti-tank missile toward Syrian forces in response to mortar shell in Golan

First such exchange since Yom Kippur War; no damage or injuries reported in latest instance of spillover from the Syrian civil war; UN chief calls for ‘utmost restraint’

By Gabe Fisher

November 8, 2012
6:54 pm

A cutout of a soldier on an army outpost at Mount Bental in the Golan Heights. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Residents of mortar-hit town slam military for leaving them unprotected

Three Syrian mortars land around moshav, local council chief urges IDF to hit back

By Philip Podolsky

November 8, 2012
12:06 pm

Power generating wind turbines in the Golan Heights next to moshav Alonei Habashan in 2008 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Syrian mortar shell lands inside Israeli moshav for first time

Residents urge authorities to put a stop to spillover from Syrian fighting; analyst says Assad may be trying to draw Israel into conflict

By Gabe Fisher and Times of Israel staff