JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says a series of Syrian mortar shells have landed in the Israeli-held Golan Heights.

A military spokesman says the shells landed on Saturday afternoon in an open area, causing no damage. He says they were likely stray fire from the civil war.

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