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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

Israel Defense Forces Shoot Down A Syrian Fighter Jet

Unic Press UK: A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22/24 fighter jet was shot down Tuesday by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after it allegedly breached Israeli airspace.

In a statement Tuesday, the IDF claimed that the assault jet had infiltrated circa 1 mile into Israel territory prior to being knocked down with missiles of the Israel Defense Forces, thereby forcing it to fall off the sky. The jet landed on Syrian soil thereafter, the IDF said.

Excerpts from the statement issued by the IDF on Tuesday reads:

“Today, a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22/24 fighter jet infiltrated about 1 mile into Israeli airspace before it was shot down after the IDF launched two Patriot missiles. The Syrian fighter jet fell in Syria, however there are no reports of what happened to the Syrian pilot. The IDF monitored the path of the fighter jet before it was shot down. We issued warnings and messages through different channels, in various languages, numerous times over the day to avoid any misunderstandings or any violations of Israeli airspace. We have continued to deliver messages through various channels, including through the UN, UNDOF, and we will not tolerate any violation of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement. We hold the Syrian Regime accountable for any such violations coming from the Syrian side,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, Head of the International and Social Media Branch.

The news from the Syrian media suggests the fighter jet remained within Syrian territory prior to being shot down by Israeli forces.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), “the Israeli enemy targeted a warplane of the Syrian Arab Army as it was striking terrorists hideouts on the outskirts of al-Yarmouk Valley in the countryside of Quneitra adjacent to the western countryside of Daraa Province”.

SANA also said that the Israeli aggression “confirms once again the enemy’s adoption of the terrorist groups through targeting a warplane of the Syrian Arab Army that was bombing their gatherings in the vicinity of al-Yarmouk Valley in the Syrian airspaces”, quoting an unnamed Syrian military source.

 

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