Oh my... escalating tensions

Reuters reports,

DAMASCUS - Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to its neighbor’s “aggression and treachery”.

Israel refused all comment on the report, which said no casualties or damage were caused.

Oil prices were up more than $1.40 a barrel, in part on concerns over the reported attack.

After months in which talk of reviving long-stalled peace negotiations has been mixed with speculation on both sides that the other was preparing a surprise attack, Syrian officials hit out.

“This shows that Israel cannot give up aggression and treachery,” Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal told al-Jazeera television.

Another Syrian official said: “They dropped bombs on an empty area while our air defenses were firing heavily at them.”

The Israeli military spokesman’s office said in a statement: “It is not our custom to
respond to these kinds of reports.”

AP has similar report,

Enemy Israeli planes penetrated Syrian airspace from the Mediterranean Sea heading towards the northeast, breaking the sound barrier," an army spokesman told the official SANA news agency.

"Our air defences repulsed them and forced them to leave...after the Israeli planes dropped ammunition, without causing human or material loss," he said.

"The Syrian Arab Republic warns the government of the Israeli enemy against this aggressive action and reserves the right to respond in any way it deems appropriate."

There was no immediate response from Israel.