The Syrian army have downed an Israeli drone in the Syrian Golan Heights.
The Israeli reconnaissance drone was shot down on Monday near the
southeastern province of Quneitra shortly after it violated the Syrian
airspace.
The IDF confirmed the downing of the drone, a Skylark, and the
Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah posted pictures of the downed
drone on social media pages.
This latest incident comes as tensions between Israel and Syria have been escalating.
Press TV reports:
The “sky rider,” as it’s known in Hebrew, is a miniature surveillance
drone that can be launched by one or two people, depending on the
model, and once airborne, provides a live video feed to the base on the
ground.
The Israeli military said the circumstances of the incident were
being investigated, but that there was no immediate proof that
classified data could be retrieved from the device.
Monday’s incident came after days of escalating tensions between
Israel and Syria. Earlier in the week, Israel’s minister for military
affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, warned the Syrian government against
launching ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out
strikes inside Syria. “The next time the Syrians use their air defense
systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest
hesitation,” Lieberman said on Israeli Public Radio on Sunday.
He added that the Israeli military will target any convoy of missiles
or weapons destined for the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement.
“The Syrians must understand that they are held responsible for these
arms transfers to Hezbollah and that if they continue to allow them then
we will do what we have to do.”
The remarks came two days after the Syrian army announced in a
statement that four Israeli fighter jets had violated the Arab country’s
airspace, adding its air defense had shot down one of the military
aircraft and hit another. The Israeli warplanes entered the Syrian skies
at 2:40 a.m. local time (0040 GMT) on Friday via Lebanese territory,
and hit a target on the way to the ancient Semitic city of Palmyra.

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