Story highlights Israel Defense Forces target Syrian military posts

Israel accuses Iran of sponsoring the rocket attacks

(CNN) Israeli forces struck a car in a Syrian-controlled area of the Golan Heights on Friday, killing five civilians, Syrian state media reported.

The Israeli military said its forces targeted the area, describing those there as "part of the terror cell responsible for the rocket fire at northern Israel on Thursday." It did not say how many people were killed in the attack in al Qom in Quneitra.

This was the second day of Israeli strikes.

"Earlier this week, I said that whoever tries to fire at us, we will hit them back, and so we did," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

"The Israel Defense Forces targeted the cell that fired, and the Syrian forces that allowed it. We have no intention to escalate the situation, but our policy still stands."

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