Israel announced that its helicopters had bombed military targets in southern Syria, in response to gunfire from Syria on its soil, yesterday evening.

The Israeli bombing came hours after an unannounced visit to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie, to hold talks on "regional security challenges" including Iran, according to the Israeli occupation army.

The occupation forces announced in a statement that "ammunition" had been fired from the Syrian side of the security fence towards Israeli positions on the Golan Heights, which Israel occupied in June 1967. The statement indicated that cars and a civilian building were damaged on the Israeli side.

For its part, the official Syrian news agency "SANA" quoted a military source as saying that "the hostile Israeli hovercraft targeted anti-armor missiles, three points on the front border towards Quneitra."

She explained that the bombing, which occurred on the evening of yesterday, resulted in the injury of two people, slightly wounds and some forest fires.

In the past two days, Israel has announced an enhanced military presence on the border. Israeli media reported that these measures were in response to a growing threat from the Lebanese "Hezbollah". The occupation army stated in a statement that it had raised its alert status. He made it clear that he holds the Lebanese government responsible for all actions launched from Lebanon.

This came as senior US generals made an unannounced visit to Israel.

And the chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie, held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his war minister Benny Gantz and the chief of staff of the occupation army, Aviv Kochavi. Gantz said in a statement that Millie's visit stressed the close security ties between Washington and Israel, warning that Israel "is prepared for any scenario and any threat."

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