A
Syrian woman carries her child past a member of the Israeli army
medical staff in a military hospital located in the Golan Heights, on
February 18, 2014 (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
Jerusalem (AFP) - Two
rockets fired from war-torn Syria struck the Israeli-occupied Golan
Heights Tuesday shortly after a secret visit to the area by Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the army said.
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"Two rockets fire from Syria struck the central Golan without causing injuries or damage," a spokeswoman told AFP.
The
incident occurred shortly after Netanyahu toured the area with Defence
Minister Moshe Yaalon and army chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz,
visiting a field hospital close to the ceasefire line where injured
Syrians are being treated.
The
premier used the visit to lash out at Iran, as it began a fresh round
of talks with world powers in Vienna aimed at reaching a comprehensive
accord to roll back Tehran's contested nuclear programme.
"On the day when talks between
the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is important
that the world sees the pictures from this place, which divides the good
that is in the world from the bad," said Netanyahu in remarks
communicated by his office.
The
talks aim to follow up on a landmark interim deal struck in November
and fiercely opposed by Israeli under which Iran is scaling back certain
nuclear activities in exchange for minor relief from sanctions.
"Iran is arming those who are carrying out the slaughter," said Netanyahu.
"All
of the children who have been injured, to say nothing of those who have
been killed, were injured as a result of Iran's arming, financing and
training" the regime of President Bashar al-Assad , he charged.
"I
would like to tell the world, today, as the talks between the major
powers and Iran are being resumed, that Iran has changed neither its
aggressive policy nor its brutal character," he said.
"This is the true face of Iran. The world cannot forget this."
Israel,
which is technically at war with Syria, seized 1,200 square kilometres
(460 square miles) of the strategic plateau during the 1967 Six Day War
and later annexed it in a move never recognised by the international
community.
Since the Syrian
conflict erupted in 2011, the plateau has been tense, with a growing
number of stray projectiles hitting the Israeli side, prompting an
occasional armed response.
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