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Airy self -defense
The aircraft of the Air Force of Israel destroyed the air defense battery of the Syrian army east of Damascus. This was stated in the command of the Israeli Defense Army (IDF), reports Haaretz.
In total, four bombs were dropped, the battery was completely destroyed. The batteries were armed with anti-aircraft missile systems of the S-200 of Russian production (SA-5 according to NATO classification).
The blow was a response to the missile shelling of this battery of Israeli aircraft, the IDF press service said. They held a regular reconnaissance flight over the territory of Lebanon, during which the Syrian battery launched a anti -aircraft missile through them. None of the aircraft was injured.
"The Syrian regime is responsible for any shelling from our territory. We consider this incident as a clear provocation and do not accept this. If anti -aircraft fire will be carried out in response to any military activity, we will answer the same way as now," said the representative of the IDA.
The Israeli military clarified that "in real time" informed the Russian command about the strike on the Battery of the government forces of Syria.
Meanwhile, on Monday, an official visit to Israel of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu, the first from his entry over the post, begins. According to published information, Shoigu will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
In the Syrian conflict, Israel holds strict neutrality, but reserves the right to defense. In September last year, the Israeli Air Force plane struck the positions of the Syrian artillery . This was done in response to the artillery chamber of Israeli military at the Golan heights. Syria claimed that the Israeli plane was shot down. They denied this in the IDF and reported that all the planes returned to the bases.
On April 27, under Damascus, Israel stated a airline in the warehouse of the Hezbollah terrorist organization . “The incident in Syria fits into the Israeli course to prevent the smuggling of Iranian weapons“ Hezbolla ”through Syria,” explained Israeli intelligence Minister Israel Katz. He added that Israel will react in the future in this way to intelligence reports on the supply of weapons for Hezbollah. Hezbollah militants are fighting in Syria on the side of Bashar al -Assad.
On June 24, in the area of Golan heights, the planes of the IDF in response to the shelling of Israeli territory attacked the positions of the Syrian government forces . Syrian mortar shells fell undeveloped area and no one was injured as a result of shelling. The Israeli military recognized the shelling of the neighboring state from the territory of the neighboring state of shells, but considered the incident unacceptable.
“In response to more than ten shells released from Syria and previously fallen today in Israel, the Israeli Air Force attacked the positions from where the fire was fired. In addition, two tanks belonging to the Syrian regime were attacked,” the press service of the Israeli army said. “The IDF will not suffer a blow to the sovereignty of our country and the security of its residents. The IDF imposes responsibility for the Syrian regime for what is happening on its territory. " According to Syrian media, two Syrian troops were killed as a result of an Israeli strike.