An Israeli strike killed a man in southern Syria, state media reported Tuesday, a day after a new Israeli incursion in the area drew condemnation from Damascus.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since an Islamist-led alliance toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December.
It has also opened talks with the interim authorities in Damascus.
"A young man was killed in an Israeli strike on a home in the village of Taranja", on the formerly Syria-controlled side of the armistice line on the Golan Heights, the official SANA news agency reported.
On Monday, the Syrian foreign ministry condemned what it called an "Israeli military incursion" in nearby Beit Jinn.
The ministry said that Israel deployed "a force of 11 military vehicles and approximately 60 soldiers", who seized control of a strategic hill at the foot of Mount Hermon.
It condemned the Israeli incursion as a "blatant violation" of Syrian sovereignty.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had carried out "several activities last week in southern Syria to locate weapons and apprehend suspects".
Since Assad's overthrow, Israel has occupied much of a UN-patrolled demilitarised zone on the formerly Syria-controlled side of the armistice line, including the summit of Mount Hermon, the region's highest peak.
Last week, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in Paris to push for a return to the arrangements that had been in place since a 1974 disengagement agreement.
With AFP
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