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Eugene

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:52 AM Jul 2018

Israel shoots down Syrian fighter near Golan Heights

Source: BBC

25 minutes ago

Israel has shot down a Syrian warplane flying over its airspace over southern Golan, according to its military.

The Israel Defense Forces tweeted that two Patriot missiles were fired at the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet, which it said was one mile inside Israeli airspace.

Unconfirmed reports say that a pilot was killed.

Syrian news agency SANA said Israel had targeted one of its jets over its airspace, but did not say it was hit.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44940599

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