DAMASCUS – The Syrian army’s air defense on Saturday shot down an IsraeliF-16 fighter after confronting a new Israeli aggression against one of themilitary bases.
According to Syria’s state media, “Israeli enemy on Saturday dawn launcheda new aggression against one of the military bases in the central area, andthe army air defense confronted the aggression and hit more than oneaircraft”.
However, the Israeli army claimed that the fighter jet faced anti-aircraftfire on a raid to destroy Iranian facilities, allegedly being used forcarrying out drone attacks in its territory.
The Israel army says, the pilots forced to abandon an F-16 jet that crashedin the Jezreel valley in northern Israel. The pilots suffered injuries andshifted to hospital for medical treatment.
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 inSyria that sent the [unmanned aircraft] into Israeli airspace. MassiveSyrian anti-air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel, pilots safe,” Israelimilitary spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said on Twitter onSaturday.
According to a separate military statement, Israeli forces had “interceptedan Iranian UAV launched from Syria over Israeli airspace”.