Daily Mail: Israeli warplane shot down as air force carries out large scale attack against Iranian targets in Syria after a drone violated its airspace
* Israel said F-16 was taking part in retaliation for what was 'serious Iranian attack'
* Military said it carried out 'large scale' strike against Iranian and Syrian targets
* Warplane downed by Syrian anti-aircraft fire, crashed in Israel, crew both alive
* Israel said a drone launched from Syria was intercepted by a helicopter
An Israeli fighter has been shot down as the country's air force carried out attacks against Iranian targets in Syria after intercepting a drone.
The military said its planes faced massive anti-aircraft fire from Syria that forced two pilots to abandon an F-16 jet that crashed in northern Israel, seriously wounding one and lightly injuring the other.
'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,' Israel's chief military spokesman, Brigadier General Ronen Manelis, said in a statement.
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More News On Today's Israeli - Syrian Clashes
Israel downs Iranian drone and strikes Syria, F-16 crashes -- AP
Israel launches heavy Syria strikes after F-16 crashes -- Reuters
Israeli F-16 jet crashes after Syrian fire -- CNN
Israel launches 'large-scale' attack in Syria after fighter jet crashes -- The Guardian
Syria war: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military says -- BBC
Israel Attacks Syrian, Iranian Posts as Border Region Boils -- Bloomberg
Israel carries out ‘large-scale attack’ in Syria after Israeli jet crashes under antiaircraft fire -- Washington Post
Israeli warplane crashes amid cross-border escalation with Syria -- DW
Israel accuses Iran of 'playing with fire' as it launches multiple air raids on its forces in Syria -- The Independent
Israel launches 'large-scale attack' in Syria after Israeli F-16 fighter jet shot down -- ABC News Online
Israel hits Syrian targets after F-16 crashes in anti-aircraft fire -- UPI
Israeli F-16 jet shot down by Syria fire, says military -- Al Jazeera
Iran & Syria ‘are playing with fire,’ Israeli military warns amid flare-up of tensions -- RT
3 comments:
This will probably be looked back on as the day that everything changed.
James
John batchelor has a good pod cast on the matter you may like to listen .. the North war.
I'm guessing it was the new Buk system they received.
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