AMMAN: A rocket believed to have fallen on Jordanian soil, according to Israeli media, is being sought by Jordan. On Saturday night, Israeli media reported that two rockets were fired at the occupied Golan Heights from Syria, one of which landed in Jordan.
The army, according to a different Israeli media outlet that cited the army, claimed that three rockets were just launched at the Golan Heights from Syria.
According to the army, one of the rockets crossed the border and landed close to the Israeli town of Meitsar in the north. Some reports claim one of the other two projectiles landed in Jordan, but both missed their targets in Syria.
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The rocket was still being sought after, according to an official Jordanian source with knowledge of the incident. The source, who asked to remain anonymous, told Arab News that the rocket was thought to have landed on an uninhabited area in Irbid's Bani Kensnah neighbourhood near the country's northwest borders with Israel and Syria.
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In an open area close to the northern Israeli town of Meitsar in the Golan Heights, close to the Syrian border, the Israeli military reported that an incoming rocket alert had been activated. The army claimed that the cause was still being examined.
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