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Syria says Israel strike kills civilians

Israel says it has targeted Syrian military installations after shells landed in the occupied Golan Heights but a Syrian military source says the Israeli strikes killed some civilians.

Rebels including hardline Islamist factions fought the Syrian army on Saturday in Quneitra province, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syrian state media and a war monitor reported.

Israel’s military said 10 projectiles from inside Syria had hit Israel and it responded with an air strike on the position they were launched from, while the Israeli army targeted two Syrian army tanks.

Read the full article by Associated Press at The Australian.