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IAF hits anti-aircraft battery in Syria after missile explodes over Israel
[IsraelTimes] Military says attack on air defense system, ’additional targets’ in response to missile launch from Syria, makes no mention of alleged Israeli strikes in HomsIsrael said fighter jets struck a Syrian anti-aircraft battery inside Syrian territory early Sunday in response to an anti-aircraft missile launched from the air defense system earlier in the night that went kaboom!over Israeli airspace. The launch from Syria earlier occurred as the Israeli Air Force allegedly carried out air strikes near the city of Homs. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, said the IAF had targeted a number of sites near Homs in the strike, causing unspecified "material losses." SANA said Syrian air defenses responded to the "Israeli aggression." The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday morning that Israeli jets attacked the anti-aircraft battery in response and also hit "additional targets in the area." The military said that, according to an initial investigation, the missile launched from Syria "went kaboom!mid-air in Israeli airspace." It had earlier acknowledged the launch of the anti-aircraft missile in a brief statement that did not mention the alleged Israeli strikes near Homs. The IDF said there were no special instructions for civilians following the incident and that no injuries were reported. It did not address reports that shrapnel from the Syria missile landed in the southern city of Rahat, according to footage from the scene. Residents of central and southern Israel reported hearing a large blast and shrapnel of what appeared to be parts of a surface-to-air missile from a Russian-made S-200 system landed in the southern city of Rahat, footage showed. Rahat is located some 230 kilometers (142 miles) from Israel’s border with Syria, and 415km (257 miles) from Homs. The nose of the missile crashed into the side of a building, causing slight damage, and the tail landed in an open field near the city. Firefighters and police forces were called to the scene. Residents of central and southern Israel reported hearing a large blast and shrapnel of what appeared to be parts of a surface-to-air missile from a Russian-made S-200 system landed in the southern city of Rahat, footage showed. Rahat is located some 230 kilometers (142 miles) from Israel’s border with Syria, and 415km (257 miles) from Homs. The nose of the missile crashed into the side of a building, causing slight damage, and the tail landed in an open field near the city. Firefighters and police forces were called to the scene. No sirens sounded in Israel after the Syrian missile entered Israeli airspace. Though uncommon, Syrian surface-to-air missiles fired at Israeli fighter jets have in the past caused damage and triggered sirens in Israel as they fell back into airspace. The last reported Israeli strike in Syria occurred on June 14, when a soldier was seriously hurt after IAF jets struck a site near the capital Damascus. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-02 |
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