In Golan Heights on early Sunday, Israel forces were fired upon by Syrian troops when they were on a patrol run. In response to this, a few hours later, Israel fired a missile on the base that the Syrian troops shot from. This seems to be a pretty serious incident.
Even though the Israelis weren't sure if the gunfire upon them was intentional, they fired the missile anyway. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said in response to this "The Syrian regime is responsible for every breach of sovereignty. We
will not allow the Syrian army or any other groups to violate Israel's
sovereignty in any way,"
Golan Heights is an area that Israel captured in the 1967 war, and their annexation of the territory is not internationally recognized, so this relates to our discussion of Israel quite a bit, and the United Nations plea for them to just give back the land. Hopefully, nothing escalates further than the missile, but it doesn't seem like things will be getting better anytime soon.
-Mitchel Hamilton
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