Cross-border tensions reignite as Israel Launches Strikes on Syria After Rocket Fire: Tensions Rise Along Golan Heights. Tensions flared along the Israel-Syria border this week as Israel launched its first airstrikes in nearly a month, in response to two projectiles fired from Syrian territory into open areas of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. While the rockets caused no casualties or structural damage, the Israeli government wasted no time in retaliating, holding interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa "directly responsible."