Rockets were fired from Syria at Israel on Tuesday, for the first time in a year, according to the Israeli military (IDF) and media statements.
"A group that calls itself the Martyr Mohammed Deif Brigades says it fired two Soviet-made 'Grad' rockets at Syria’s occupied Golan Heights," Al Jazeera reports of the obscure or unknown militant group.
The rockets landed in open fields of the occupied Golan Heights and no damage or casualties were reported, but Israel was quick to say it will respond militarily to the attempted attack.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel views Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa as "directly responsible for every threat and [rocket] fire toward the State of Israel" and that "The full response will come soon."
The group's name and logo is in reference to slain Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, which is why Katz statement said he won't allow for a "return to October 7."
"We are a generation born under the bombs and raised on the sound of rifles that will not accept living in humiliation," Katz's statement said.
The Israeli military indicated it "recently attacked" southern Syria with artillery fire in the wake of the rocket launches from Syria, as part of the initial response. But a representative from the Syrian militant group declared that "Our operations will not stop until the bombing of the oppressed people in Gaza stops."
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