Syria shoots down Israeli F-16 jet, pilots eject

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News ID: 19099
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Publish Date: 9:21 - 10 February 2018
TEHRAN, February 10 - The Syrian military has targeted and hit one Israeli F-16 warplane that attacked positions inside Syrian territory, with its two pilots ejecting out.

Syria shoots down Israeli F-16 jet, pilots eject

TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Syrian state TV cited a Syrian military official as saying that Syrian aerial defense had responded to Israeli “aggression” against an army base in central Syria.

The official said more than one Israeli aircraft had been hit.

The Israeli military confirmed that one F-16 had gone down in northern Israel, and that its two pilots had ejected and had been located and transferred to hospital.

The Israeli military claimed that it had attacked positions inside Syrian territory after it intercepted a drone launched from Syria on Saturday.

Over the past years, Israel has frequently attacked targets in Syria, often claiming that it hit positions or convoys belonging to Iran. This is while Iran has no military presence in Syrian territory, only offering advisory military assistance to the Syrian government fighting an all-out foreign-sponsored militancy.

Source: Press TV

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