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Israel Responds to Rockets Fired from Syria

By JNS
Two rockets were fired from along Syria's 83 km (52 mi) border with Israel, for the first time in several years (illustrative). (Photo Credit: Hoheit/Wikimedia)

Wednesday, 4 June 2025 | Terrorists in southern Syria launched two rockets at the Israeli Golan Heights on Tuesday night, the military confirmed. 

Both projectiles struck open areas, according to the IDF, causing no injuries or damage. 

The attack triggered air-raid sirens in Haspin and Ramat Magshimim, sending civilians rushing to shelter just after 10 p.m. local time. 

It marks the first rocket attack from Syria since May 2024, according to Israeli media. 

Shortly afterward, IDF artillery and fighter jets responded by striking a weapons depot belonging to the Syrian regime in southern Syria. The IDF stated that the Syrian regime bears full responsibility for any hostile activity emanating from its territory and warned that it “will continue to bear the consequences as long as such activity continues.” 

“The IDF will operate against every threat posed to the State of Israel,” the military said. 

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz directly blamed Damascus, saying: “We view the president of Syria as directly responsible for any threat and firing toward the State of Israel, and the full response will come soon. We will not allow a return to the reality of October 7.” 

Earlier, the Syrian Foreign Ministry addressed the rocket launches toward the southern Golan Heights, stating there was no proof rockets were fired from Syrian territory into Israel and that Syria “is not interested in posing a threat to any party in the region.” The ministry also accused Israel of causing significant destruction in the city of Daraa, claiming that many people were injured in the airstrikes. 

On Friday, the Israeli military struck surface-to-air missiles and weapon storage facilities in the Latakia Governorate in Syria, the IDF said. 

These weapons “posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of navigation,” according to the military. 

“The IDF will continue to operate to maintain freedom of action in the region, in order to carry out its missions and will act to remove any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens,” the statement concluded. 

The Latakia area is located in northwestern Syria on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. 

Last month, Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said that his government was engaged in indirect talks with Jerusalem aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two countries, following a series of Israeli airstrikes in the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. 

Since the fall of the Iranian- and Russian-backed Assad regime on December 8, Israel has taken up positions inside and beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone, including on the strategic Syrian side of Mount Hermon. The Israeli Air Force has conducted hundreds of strikes on former Assad military assets to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile forces. 

Al-Sharaa was a leading figure in Al-Qaeda before founding Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the overthrow of the Assad regime.

(This article was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on June 3, 2025. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

https://www.jns.org/terrorists-in-syria-fire-two-rockets-at-israel/

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