Two Israeli F-16 pilots were hurt Saturday morning after their plane was shot down and crashed in Israel following a retaliatory strike in Syria. One pilot was seriously wounded, while the other was only lightly hurt. They were taken to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa for treatment.
Haaretz reported that the IDF’s strike was in response to an earlier infiltration into Israel of an Iranian drone originating from an airfield near Palmyra, Syria. During the attack on the site from which the drone was launched, carried out by eight Israeli fighter jets, the Syrian army retaliated with widespread antiaircraft fire. Pilots of one of the fighter jets recognized antiaircraft missiles locking onto their plane, prompting them to eject.
Syrian television, meanwhile, quoted a military source in saying that, “Israel carried out new aggression early morning against one of the army bases in the country’s center, and our air defense mechanisms resisted and hit more than one plane.” The IDF rejected the report, saying only one plane was hit.
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