A statement from Israel"s military said that early this morning, rockets were launched from Syria toward Israel JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday several rockets were fired at its territory from Syria by an Iranian-backed force but they all fell short. “Earlier this morning, a number of rockets were launched from Syria toward Israel, all failed to hit Israeli territory,” a statement from Israel’s military said. “The rockets were launched from the outskirts of Damascus by Shiite militia operatives operating under the Iranian Quds Force (the elite wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards),” it said.