Israel says its forces have fired "warning shots" into Syria after stray mortar fire from fighting in the civil war-hit nation struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
It was the first time Israel has been drawn into the fighting in the neighbouring country, and was the first Israeli fire directed at the Syrian military since the 1973 war.
The Israeli army said: "A short while ago, a mortar shell hit an IDF (Israeli Defence Force) post in the Golan Heights adjacent to the Israel-Syria border, as part of the internal conflict inside Syria.
"In response, IDF soldiers fired warning shots towards Syrian areas."
Another report said the Israeli military had fired a missile into Syria.
An Israeli security source told Reuters the military fired in the direction of a Syrian army mortar crew that had launched a shell.
The shell overshot the Golan disengagement fence and exploded near a Jewish settlement without causing casualties, it was claimed.
There were no reports of damage or injuries inside Israel.
A string of mortar shells have struck the Golan during the 19-month long Syrian conflict between forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad and rebel fighters.
Israel's military chief, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, warned troops on the Golan Heights a week ago: "This is a Syrian issue that could become our issue."
The Jewish state captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Mid-East war.
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