Israel has largely remained on the sidelines of the fighting, but has carried out reprisals on Syrian positions when errant fire previously landed in Israel. The Israeli military quickly denied the report, saying that a pair of surface-to-air missiles were fired at its aircraft but missed. On Tuesday evening the Israeli military said three other "projectiles" fired from Syria hit the Golan Heights in two separate strikes, causing no injuries. A few hours later it said its aircraft retaliated and "targeted artillery positions of the Syrian Regime in the central Syrian Golan Heights." Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast War and the two countries have technically been in a state of war for decades.

Source: ABC News September 13, 2016 07:16 UTC