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Breaking News Israeli missile downs Syrian aircraft over Israeli-controlled air space - Israel Defense Forces say
08:03: Israel Radio said the aircraft was a drone and was shot down over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, Reuters reports.
The IDF shot down a Syrian fighter plane over the Israeli Golan Heights Tuesday using a Patriot missile, the army said.
The army said the plane had infiltrated Israeli airspace before it was shot down.
Haaretz reported the plane was a MiG-21.
Syrian media confirmed the plane was hit and downed near Quneitra, near the Israel-Syria border, according to Israel’s Channel 2
Fighter jet approaching the Israeli side of the Golan reportedly shot down by a surface-to-air Patriot missile
Israeli forces on Tuesday shot down a Syrian fighter jet that infiltrated the country's aerial space.
Initial reports said the intercepted aircraft was a drone, however this was soon ruled out.
"This Syrian aircraft, apparently a MiG-21 (fighter jet),
which was approaching the Israeli side of the Golan,
was shot down by a surface-to-air Patriot missile," Israel's army radio said.
The wreckage of the aircraft landed on the Syrian-controlled side of the strategic plateau, it added.
This is the first instance of Israel downing a Syrian plane since 1989.
Israeli Defense Forces' spokesperson said on Twitter the incident is being investigated.
The incident could represent an accidental spillover of the warfare raging in Syria.
So Israel is supporting IS, while Iran is supporting the US against IS..... and next is Iran and US fighting side by side againt IS and Israel. Uhm.... I somehow cannot fathom this piece of 'information'...Syrian state TV quoted a military source saying the downing of the plane, which coincided with U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, came "in the framework of [Israel's] support for the terrorist [Islamic State] and the Nusra Front."
In addition to operating sensors to detect any suspicious flightpath activity in the direction of the Israeli border,
air force squadrons at certain bases are kept at immediate readiness around the clock.
The main concern is that a terrorist group could use seized Syrian air force aircraft to perform a suicide attack on Israel.
Tensions recently spiked when Israeli sensors detected a target approaching the border on 31 August.
A Patriot missile was used to shoot down a Syrian air force unmanned air vehicle, which foreign sources later claimed to be an Iranian-made Yasir.
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