An Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Syrian armed forces while the jet targeted the later. Earlier Israel had accused of Iranian drones being launched from Srian side of Golan heights.
IDF has targeted the Iranian control systems in Syria that sent the #UAV into Israeli airspace. Massive Syrian Anti-Air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel, pilots safe. #Iran is responsible for this severe violation of Israeli sovereignty. Event ongoing, more to follow.
— Jonathan Conricus (@LTCJonathan) February 10, 2018
Apparently the Jet was truing to target the command and control center of the drones. The tweet above is first in which Israel has openly acknowledged its confrontation with Syria. Syria state television later reported a much bigger escalation with possibilities of more than one Israeli aricraft being shot down and possible on ground fire exchanges that caused sirens being sounded in northern Israel. Explosions could be also heard in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley region near the Syrian border.
