Two UN peacekeepers were wounded on Monday when mortar rounds fired from Syria hit their base in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Height

Two UN peacekeepers were wounded on Monday when mortar rounds fired from Syria hit their base in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights, an Israeli occupation army spokesman said.

"Mortar shells hit the Golan in Ein Zivan and in the Zivanit UNDOF base. Two UN peacekeeping soldiers were evacuated to Israel for medical care," Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner wrote on his official Twitter account.

Israeli public radio said the two were lightly wounded.

The occupation army said the fire was not deliberately aimed at the Israeli side of the plateau, but was stray fire from the ongoing conflict in Syria between the government and the foreign-backed insurgents.