DAMASCUS: Syria said Israel had carried out a missile attack that caused casualties on Monday, in what Israel`s army said was a retaliatory strike.

`An Israeli missile targeted Tel al Shaar in Quneitra,` the Syrian news agency said, adding a `military vehicle was targeted and there are wounded`.

The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an air strike in Syria in retaliation for what it said was anti-air-crafthretargetingone ofits fighter jets.

The Syrian province of Quneitra includes the Golan Heights.

`Earlier today, Syrian anti-aircraft systems fired at an Israeli fighter jet during a routine flight in northern I sr ael,` an Israel spokesman said in a statement.

He said the projectile missed and the plane completed its journey before `the IDF targeted the launcher that had fired` at the jet.-AFP