Preface
Even Syria was the main instigator of the war, it remained relatively intact during the first four days of the Six day war, despite the fact that its air force had been destroyed on the first day. Syria's response was the shelling of the Israeli settlements of Upper Galilee from the Golan Heights as they had done for years. Two Syrian artillery battalions with M46 Soviet 130mm guns and two companies with heavy mortars and dug-in World War II German Wehrmacht PzKpfw IV tanks were positioned along the Golan escarpment.
Israel suffered the loss of 2 civilians and more 16 wounded. The Syrian army hit in the first four days also 205 houses, 2 tractor sheds, 6 barns, 30 tractors, 15 cars and 9 chicken coops.
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