Israel artillery pounds Syrian position after officer injured on Golan

Israel responded to the cross-border fire which injured an IDF officer on the Golan Wednesday by shelling a Syrian position with artillery. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the fighting between Syrian forces and rebels in the Quneitra area is not nearly as fierce or dramatic as generally described, but more like a drawn-out skirmish. The area has changed hands several times in recent weeks and no decisive end appears to be in sight.