Tensions between Israel and Syria deteriorated sharply. The Israeli Air Force struck numerous blows to targets on Syrian territory.
On the border with Syria on Saturday, 10 February, shot down an Israeli warplane. Two pilots ejected and landed in Israel, one of them seriously injured, spokesman for the Israeli army. According to him, aircraft, looking at all, was shot down by Syrian air defenses are not, being investigated. In response to the incident, Israel responded with massive strikes on targets in Syria.
Earlier, Israeli aircraft bombed the strategically important military airfield T4 in central Syria, in the killing of three soldiers of the detachments, Allied Syrian army close to Damascus. As a result of the bombing of ammunition was also destroyed.
As part of another combat mission, Israeli aircraft attacked targets south of Damascus. Civilians reported powerful explosions. Syrian state news agency SANA reported, that defense repelled the aggression of Israel and shot down “more than one airplane”.
Israel said, that its aircraft attacked after, as “Iranian” drone flew over its border and was shot down. According to the Israeli army, Israeli Air Force attacked 12 targets in Syria, including “Iranian targets”.
During this operation, the missile with anti-aircraft complexes were fired at Israeli territory, in northern Israel sounded banshee. The Israeli army representative, but, He stressed, that his country is not looking for an escalation of the conflict with Syria and Iran.
