Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet
Syriana Analysis
The
Israeli occupation army shot down a Syrian Army SU 22 bombing ISIS in
Sayda, near the occupied Golan Heights.
While
Israel claims the Syrian fighter jet penetrated the airspace of Golan
Heights, the Syrian Army said the fighter was flying over ISIS-held
area of Sayda.
Israeli military fires 2 interceptor missiles at Syrian Sukhoi warplane
Israel
has fired interceptor missiles at a Syrian Sukhoi warplane, the IDF
said in a statement, adding that the aircraft had penetrated
Israeli-controlled airspace.
“Two
Patriot missiles were launched at a Sukhoi fighter plane. The plane
was under [Israeli] surveillance, it penetrated about two kilometers
into Israeli territory and was intercepted,” the
Israel Defense Forces wrote on Twitter.
UPDATE:No ‘confusion’: IDF knew intercepted Sukhoi jet was Syrian, not Russian, spokesman confirms
Two Patriot missiles were launched at a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet that infiltrated about 1 mile into Israeli airspace. The IDF monitored the fighter jet, which was then intercepted by the Patriot missiles.
Israeli
Army Radio stated that the plane was shot down over the Golan
Heights, but may have crashed on the Syrian-held side of the
frontier, Reuters reports.
Meanwhile,
local residents in northern Israel told Haaretz
that they saw interceptor missiles being fired from the area of Safed
city.
According to
Syrian state news agency Sana, the aircraft was conducting raids in
Syrian airspace when it was intercepted by Israeli forces. “The
Israeli enemy confirms its support for the armed terrorist groups and
targets one of our warplanes, which was striking their groups in the
area of Saida on the edge of the Yarmouk Valley in Syrian
airspace,” Sana
reported, citing an unnamed military source.
Earlier
in July, Israel struck Syrian Army positions near the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in what the IDF called a retaliation
for an earlier drone infiltration. Noting that the Israeli military
is prepared for many different scenarios, the army stressed that it
holds the Syrian government “accountable
for the actions carried out in its territory and warns it from
further action against Israeli forces.”
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