Fresh Syrian fire hits Israeli occupied Golan Heights

An area occupied by Israel in the Golan Heights was hit by Syrian fire on Wednesday, the latest in a string of incidents ratcheting up tension between the uneasy neighbours.

"Earlier today a projectile fired from Syria hit the northern Israeli Golan Heights," the Israeli army said in a statement.

"No injuries have been reported."

There was no immediate report of an Israeli response.  

Early on Tuesday, Israeli warplanes struck Syrian army positions after stray fire from its embattled neighbour hit the Israeli-occupied zone.

An Israel military spokeswoman said the projectile was most likely not intentional.

Syria said it had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone, a claim swiftly denied by Israel.

On Wednesday, the US embassy in Israel issued a travel warning to the occupied Golan Heights.

"We urge US citizens to carefully consider and possibly defer travel to that area until the situation stabilizes," the warning said.

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The embassy added that due to the recent incidents in the area, US employees were "temporarily prohibited from personal travel into the area north of Route 87 and east of Route 918 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights".

The uptick comes as a new Syrian ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States came into force on Monday.

The truce does not apply to areas held by extremists such as the Islamic State group and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra Front.

The Israeli army holds the Syrian government accountable for any fire from its territory, regardless of its source.There were similar events in July.

Israel seized 1,200 square kilometres of the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967 and later annexed it in a move never recognised by the international community.