Live Update From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
IDF fires 20 artillery shells into Syria
Israeli artillery units fire 20 shells to Syria in response to the rocket fire – one of the heaviest shelling rounds into Syria in years.
Al Manar, a Lebanese TV network affiliated with Hezbollah, reports that Israeli aircraft are circling the Golan Heights’ skies on the Israeli side of the border.
Police closed several junctions in order to prevent vehicles from traveling north, as officers scan the area looking for the locations where rockets landed.