Syrian army says five civilians killed as Israeli planes hit car in Syrian Golan

AMMAN (Reuters) - An Israeli air raid hit a car in a village in the Syrian Golan Heights along the countries' border, killing five civilians, the Syrian army said. State television, quoting an army source, said the attack took place in a village near Quneitra but gave no further details. It comes a day after Israel launched strikes against Syrian army posts in the border area in retaliation for what Israel said were rockets fired from Syria into Israel by Iranian-backed Palestinian militants. (Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; editing by John Stonestreet)

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