Syrian anti-aircraft fire shoots down Israeli fighter jet, Israeli military says

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The military said its planes faced heavy anti-aircraft counter fire from Syria that forced Israeli pilots to abandon an F-16 jet that crashed in northern Israel.

It said the pilots were injured and evacuated to a hospital. Sirens sounded in northern Israel as a result of massive Syrian fire.

Explosions could be heard in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley region near the Syrian border.

Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus said Iran was "responsible for this severe violation of Israeli sovereignty".

The military said it was "monitoring events and is fully prepared for further action".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-10/syria-shoots-down-israeli-fighter-jet/9419280

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When I was a kid my mom use to say that the end times are here, if only she could see what is going on today.

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Sounds like it's getting noisy over there.

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel issued stark warnings on Sunday over Iran's presence in neighbouring Syria after a confrontation threatened to open a new and unpredictable period in the country's seven-year civil war.

Israel carried out major air raids in Syria on Saturday, including against what it described as Iranian targets -- the first time it had publicly acknowledged doing so since the war began.

The raids came after an Israeli F16 fighter was shot down by Syrian air defences. The pilots survived, but it was Israel's first loss of a warplane in battle since 1982.

"We inflicted on Saturday a heavy blow to Iranian and Syrian forces," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday's cabinet meeting.

"We made clear to everyone that our rules of engagement will not change in any way. We will continue to harm anyone who tries to harm us. This was our policy and this will remain our policy."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-warns-over-irans-presence-syria-air-strikes-155202407.html