BREAKING: Israel launches missile, downs Iranian drone over Syria

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Although Israeli jets were scrambled, they did not open fire as the IDF launched a Patriot missile from Northern Israel that destroyed a drone deployed by Hezbollah from Damascus.
– This is a developing story.

By i24NEWS

 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that a Patriot missile had been fired from the north of the country to intercept an Iranian-made drone that was launched by Hezbollah from Damascus, most likely on a reconnaissance mission.

According to the military spokesperson, Israeli jets were scrambled but did not open fire. Furthermore, the drone was thought to have been downed while still in Syrian airspace.

The IDF said it would act in a “sharp and firm manner” in the face of any attempts by Iranian terrorist elements, Hezbollah, Shiite militia or Global Jihad groups, to establish a presence on Israel’s northern border or breach Israeli sovereignty.

On September 7, Syrian state media announced that two soldiers were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center, the body responsible for the development of chemical weapons, near the city of Masyaf in Hama Governorate.

Missile launch – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Syrian state media said that at 2:42am local time, Israeli jets launched rockets towards the facility while remaining in Lebanese airspace.

In the aftermath of the reported strike, Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that “everything will be done” to prevent Iran creating a Shiite corridor stretching from Tehran to Beirut

Israel has carried out multiple air strikes in Syria since that country’s civil war erupted in 2011, most of which it has said targeted arms convoys or warehouses.

In March. Syria launched ground-to-air missiles at Israeli jets, one of which was intercepted over Israeli territory in the most serious flare-up between the two neighbors since the Syrian civil war began six years ago.

This is a developing story

 

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