Israel and Syria exchange fire on Golan Heights JERUSALEM An Israeli army jeep was hit by gunfire from the Syrian army in the disputed Golan Heights late Monday, but Israel denied claims by Damascus that the vehicle was destroyed. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said earlier Tuesday in a written statement that gunfire from Syria hit an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights overnight, damaging a vehicle and prompting the troops to fire back. According to the statement Israel's military "views the recent incidents in the North with concern, and has lodged a complaint" with the United Nations. Berger reports that border skirmishes and a pair of Israeli air strikes on Syria two weeks ago have raised fears that the Syrian civil war could spill into Israel and spark a broader regional conflict. Israel and Syria are bitter foes who have fought several wars, but their shared border has been mostly quiet since a 1974 cease-fire. Still, Israel worries that Syria's civil war could spill across into the Golan, and repeated errant fire has intensified that concern. Israeli air strikes in early May destroyed a Syrian weapons warehouse where Iranian missiles allegedly being kept, destined, according to the Israelis, for the Islamic militant group Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside Assad's forces in the Syrian war.