The Israeli army reported the use rockets and drones in response to two attacks launched from Syria early this Sunday morning against the Syrian Golan Heights under Israeli military control.

There were no reports of damage from any of the six rockets fired at Israel, which, according to Lebanese TV Al Mayadeen They were claimed by the Al-Quds Brigades, the Iranian-backed armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli attacks are concentrated in places where the projectiles were fired from.

At least three rockets hit Israeli territory, although no damage was reported.

The two waves of bombardments consisted of three missiles each, and only one of them – belonging to the second attack – was intercepted by the anti-aircraft system known as the “Iron Dome” – a system of radar and surface-to-air missiles designed to intercept this type of attack directed against towns.

The Golan Heights authorities ordered the bomb shelters to be opened and asked the population to go into them.

Tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are rising

The attacks took place in the background soaring tensions between Israel and Palestinian factions after Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, during which people were filmed the police beat the parishioners

The police raid caused outrage in the Arab countries and concern even among Israel’s allies in the United States.