Israel's military responded to a stray shell from the fighting between Syrian troops and rebels today by firing a guided antitank missile near a Syrian mortar. Israel says this missile into Syria was a "warning". This warning stems from Israeli concern that the turmoil in Syria will spill over the cease-fire line between the two states. Israel firing on Syria has been the first time Israel has crossed that line since 1973. Israel states that it had filed a complain through the U.N. forces stationed between Israeli and Syrian forces. This complaint conveyed a warning to Syria, stating that continued fire would "not be tolerated and shall be responded to with severity." Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, says that despite Sunday's incident there were no indications that Israel was about to depart from its policy of staying out of the Syrian conflict.
By Abigail Van Hook
Israel fires at Syria after stray mortar strikes army post
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