Israeli forces say they have fired warning shots into Syria after a mortar round fired from Syria hit an Israeli post in the Golan Heights.
The latest incident comes days after Israeli troops were put on high alert after a vehicle was hit by Syrian fire in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The two countries are formally at war and a UN force patrols the buffer zone.
The Israel Defence Forces have filed a complaint through the UN forces operating in the area, stating that fire emanating from Syria into Israel will not be tolerated and "shall be responded to with severity".
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said that "additional shelling into Israel from Syria will elicit a tougher response, exacting a higher price from Syria".
'Warning shots'
In a statement posted on its website on Saturday, the IDF said the "mortar shell hit an IDF post in the Golan Heights adjacent to the Israel-Syria border, as part of the internal conflict inside Syria".
No damage or injuries were reported, but in response, "IDF soldiers fired warning shots towards Syrian areas".
Last week the Israeli army said three Syrian tanks had entered the demilitarised buffer zone in the area to tackle rebel fighters.Continued, here.
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