Israel has threatened to destroy Syria’s air defense systems during an attack on their aircraft
Moscow. March 19. INTERFAX.RU defense Minister of Israel Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that Syria’s air defense systems will be destroyed, if you open fire on Israeli planes.
“Next time, when the Syrians used their air defense system against our planes, we without hesitation will destroy them” — quoted by the Western media of Lieberman.
According to the press service of the defense army of Israel, in the night of Friday, March 17, Israeli aircraft struck several targets in Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said that the aim of the operation was the destruction of weapons intended for the Lebanese radical grouping “Hezbollah” which in Israel consider a terrorist.
It was reported that when the aircraft have already returned to Israel, it from Syrian territory was released a few air defense missiles, one of which was intercepted by Israeli air defense system “Strela”. Local media noted that this was the first combat use of this system.
Command of the armed forces of Syria said that the missile was shot down by Israeli aircraft
The Israel defense forces denied the allegations, saying that all the aircraft that participated in the antiterrorist operation, returned safely to their bases.
The Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” wrote that at night on Friday between Israel and Damascus was the most serious military incident since armed conflict began in Syria in 2011.