An Israeli F-16 fighter has been
shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire on a raid to destroy Iranian facilities
allegedly responsible for launching a drone into Israel.
The UK Guardian on Saturday said
the Israeli military claimed it shot down the drone and struck Iranian targets
in Syria after what it called a “severe and irregular violation of Israeli
sovereignty”.
Israel’s chief military
spokesman, Brigadier General Ronen Manelis, said Israel held Iran directly
responsible for the incident.
“This is a serious Iranian attack
on Israeli territory. Iran is dragging the region into an adventure in which it
doesn’t know how it will end,” he said.
“Whoever is responsible for this
incident is the one who will pay the price.”
The military says its planes
faced heavy anti-aircraft counter fire from Syria that forced Israeli pilots to
abandon an F-16 jet that crashed in the Jezreel valley in northern Israel. It
said the pilots were injured and evacuated to hospital. Sirens sounded in
northern Israel as a result of Syrian fire.
Israeli military spokesman
Jonathan Conricus said on Twitter that Iran was “responsible for this severe
violation of Israeli sovereignty”.
“IDF (Israel Defence Forces) has
targeted the Iranian control systems in Syria that sent the [unmanned aircraft]
into Israeli airspace. Massive Syrian anti-air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel,
pilots safe,” Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus
said on Twitter on Saturday.
According to a separate military
statement, Israeli forces had identified an “Iranian UAV” launched from Syria
and intercepted it in Israeli airspace with a combat helicopter.
The military was “monitoring
events and is fully prepared for further action”.
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