Israel denied reports of a downed Syrian army plane
Israeli defense Ministry said that no aircraft was damaged during operations in Syria, which took place on March 17. About it reports Reuters.
“The security of Israeli citizens, or aircraft of the Israeli air force have not been subjected to [the danger],” the Agency quoted the words of the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Israel.
On the morning of Friday, March 17, the Israeli air force flew into Syrian airspace and attacked a military target near Palmyra. During this attack Syrian air defenses shot down one Israeli plane and damaged a second, said in the Syrian army.
In the Israeli army confirmed earlier that the Syrian military fired at Israeli planes with anti-aircraft missiles. None of the missiles reached their targets, one of them was destroyed by the air defense systems of Israel.