IDF says 6 mortars from Syria hit Israel

27 August 2014, 2:00 pm

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The IDF says six mortars fired from Syria hit the Golan Heights today, and not 2 or 3 as previously reported.

The army describes the mortars as “errant fire” resulting from heavy fighting very close to the ceasefire line.

Earlier, an Israeli officer sustained wounds to the chest near the border. The army is not immediately able to say whether it was due to a bullet or shrapnel. He was evacuated by helicopter to Rambam hospital in the northern port city of Haifa.

As a result of the fighting on the Syrian side of the plateau, the level of alert is raised on the Israeli side, the army says, without confirming that it had been increased to the highest level.

— AFP