Israel’s Air Force attacked targets in the Quneitra region along Israel’s northern border after Syria sent a reconnaissance drone into Israeli territory.
By: World Israel News Staff
The Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes in southern Syria early Thursday morning, shortly after midnight, several hours after a Syrian drone violated Israeli air space in what was reportedly a reconnaissance mission to gather intelligence.
The IDF targeted three positions of the Assad regime.
Earlier tonight, Wednesday July 11th, the IDF targeted three military posts in Syria in response to the infiltration of the Syrian UAV into Israel that was intercepted by the IDF earlier today
The military later confirmed the bombings in the Syrian Golan, saying they came in response to the drone infiltration.
The IDF said it will “continue to act decisively and forcefully against attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty,” warning the Syrian regime against any attempt to act against Israeli forces.
According to the military, shortly after 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, an apparently unarmed Syrian drone entered Israeli airspace from Syria through the demilitarized zone between the two countries, first passing over Jordan. Some 16 minutes later, a Patriot anti-aircraft missile was fired at the UAV, shooting it down over the Sea of Galilee, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told reporters.
The military quickly recovered the fragments of the drone in an area south of the Sea of Galilee. It did not appear to have been armed and was more likely sent into Israel on a reconnaissance mission, Conricus said.
The delay in destroying the drone was reportedly due to an Israeli interest in coordinating the move with the Russians. At the time of the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
在叙利亚向以色列领土发射侦察无人机后，以色列空军袭击了以色列北部边境的库奈特拉地区的目标。
由：世界以色列新闻工作人员
以色列空军星期四凌晨在午夜后不久，在叙利亚无人机侵犯以色列空域几小时后，以色列空军在叙利亚南部进行了空袭，据称这是一次收集情报的侦察任务。
以色列国防军瞄准了阿萨德政权的三个阵地。
今晚早些时候，即7月11日星期三，以色列国防军瞄准叙利亚的三个军事哨所，以应对叙利亚无人机向以色列的渗透，今天早些时候被以色列国防军拦截
军方后来证实了叙利亚戈兰的爆炸事件，称他们是为了应对无人机的渗透。
以色列国防军表示将“继续采取果断和有力的行动，反对侵犯以色列主权的企图”，警告叙利亚政权不要企图对以色列军队采取行动。
根据军方的说法，下午3点15分后不久星期三，一架显然没有武装的叙利亚无人机从叙利亚进入以色列领空，途经两国非军事区，首先越过约旦。大约16分钟后，以色列国防军发言人乔纳森·康里克斯中校告诉记者，一架爱国者防空导弹向无人机射击，将其击落在加利利海上。
军方迅速在加利利海以南的一个地区找到了无人机的碎片。 Conricus说，它似乎没有武装起来，更有可能被派往以色列进行侦察任务。
据报道，摧毁无人机的延误是由于以色列有兴趣协调与俄罗斯人的行动。事件发生时，本杰明·内塔尼亚胡总理将在莫斯科会见弗拉基米尔·普京总统。
一些报告指出，以色列国防军希望避免俄罗斯飞机被错误定位的情况。