Subsequently, the Syrian troops battled with the rebels near the armistice line with Israel on the Golan Heights, even as the United Nations pressed efforts to free the 44 peacekeepers held by the insurgents. The incident took place close to a stretch of the Levant occupied by Israel.
Several shells struck close to the ceasefire line as rocket, mortar and tank fire was exchanged – it was reported by Israeli public radio that one stray round had struck the occupied territory but caused no casualties.
Incidentally, Golan Heights is a 460 square mile region largely seized from Syria by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War of 1967, then annexed in 1981 in a move never recognized by the international community.
The UN Disengagement Observer Force currently has 1,200 peacekeepers from the Philippines, Fiji, India, Ireland, Nepal and the Netherlands.
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