Israeli drone
© Arnd Wiegmann / ReutersAn Israel Aero Space Industries (IAI) Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
An Israeli warplane and a drone have been shot down by Syrian forces in the southern Quneitra countryside, Golan Heights, the Syrian Army said in a statement. It comes after the Israeli military targeted Syrian positions in the Golan Heights. The Israeli military denied that any of its military planes were shot down by Syria, Reuters reported. According to the IDF, two Syrian missiles targeted their aircraft, but both missed.

"Overnight two surface-to-air missiles were launched from Syria after the mission to target Syrian artillery positions. At no point was the safety of [Israeli] aircraft compromised," the Israeli military said, as cited by Reuters. Several hours ago, the Israeli Army claimed that a "projectile" was fired from the Syrian side. According to a military spokeswoman, the projectile was most likely not intentional, rather spillover from "internal fighting in Syria," AFP reported.

However, the Israeli Army struck Syrian Army positions in response. The Israeli Army said that its military targeted "artillery positions of [the] Syrian Regime in the central Syrian Golan Heights" in response to the "projectile." Tuesday night's exchange of fire between Israel and Syria in the Golan is the fourth incident of the kind there since September 4, according to the IDF spokeswoman. While the majority of the Golan Heights have been in Israeli possession since it won the Six-Day War in 1967, the Syrian side of the border has been a focal point for fighting between the Syrian government and the Al Nusra Front, a militant Islamist organization.