Israeli Military: Rocket from Syria Hits Golan

A rocket fired during clashes between Syrian regime forces and rebels exploded on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday without causing casualties, the military said.

"A rocket fired in the morning during fighting inside Syria exploded on the Golan, without causing casualties or damage," an Israeli military spokeswoman told Agence France Presse.

The latest spillover of fire from the conflict comes a day after the Golan was hit by mortar rounds which the Jewish state's military said were fired at "villages inside Syria and are part of the ongoing internal conflict."

On Tuesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five Syrian troops and two rebels were killed after insurgents attacked army checkpoints near the Golan.

The clashes took place in the villages of Hamidiyeh and Horriyeh in Quneitra province, located in the small part of the Golan that is not held by Israel, it said.

Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.