Israel Attacks Targets in Syria After Iranian Drone Enters Israeli Airspace and Jet Crashes

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Israel Attacks Targets in Syria After Iranian Drone Enters Israeli Airspace and Jet Crashes

Israel said it had carried out a “large scale attack” against the Syrian Aerial Defense System and Iranian targets in Syria, presumably in response to the downing of the F-16. The military later said that the jet had crashed after the formation it was flying in was targeted by Syrian ground antiaircraft fire./ This appeared to be the first time in decades, probably since the early 1980s, that an Israeli jet was downed under enemy fire. In the past, Syria has , falsely, that it had shot down Israeli aircraft. The jet crash represented a ...

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