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IAF Chopper Blasts Al-Qaeda Targets in Syria – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva.

Hezbollah TV says IAF helicopter fired rockets at Jabhat al-Nusra targets near the Golan border.

By Gil Ronen

First Publish: 1/18/2015, 3:29 PM

Hezbollah’s television station, Al Manar, reported Sunday that an IAF helicopter fired rockets at Jabhat al-Nusra targets near the Golan border, in the early afternoon.

Jabhat al-Nusra is Al Qaeda’s Syrian arm.

According to Al Manar, two rockets were fired at a target in Mazraat al-Amal near Quneitra.

No casualties have been reported as of yet.

According to the report, shortly before the IAF struck, two drones were seen circling above the area, apparently to collect intelligence.

Mazraat al-Amal is located in the Syrian Golan, near the border with Israel, and recent reports said that Jabhat al-Nusra forces were occupying it.

The IDF refused to confirm or deny the report of the strike and said that it “does not respond to reports in foreign media.”

Earlier in the day, it was reported that Israeli forces fired smoke grenades and tear gas toward Lebanese territory. Three Lebanese soldiers were taken to a hospital for treatment following that incident.

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