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An Israeli missile struck a target in the Syrian province of Quneitra on Monday; the attack caused a number of casualties, the SANA news agency reported.
"An Israeli missile targeted Tel al-Shaar in Quneitra," the Syrian news agency stated, noting further that a "military vehicle was targeted and there are wounded".
After reports about the attack emerged, the IDF confirmed that it was behind the air strike on Syria.
This comes after on 17 May, SANA reported that Syrian air defence systems had intercepted "luminous objects coming from the occupied territories, shooting down a number of them" from Israeli-controlled territory.
Last month, Syria accused Tel Aviv of carrying out an airstrike against military bases in Masiaf, in northwestern Syria's Hama province.
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Jerusalem Post adds:
The IAF destroyed a Syrian launcher that fired an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli plane, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday night, stressing that Israel will not tolerate any aggression against it.
"A short time ago, the Syrian army tried to hit an Israeli plane, it did not succeed," Netanyahu said in a video statement. "The air force in response destroyed the launcher from which if [the missile] was was fired. Our policy is clear - we will not tolerate any aggression against us, and we will respond to it with force and firmness."Netanyahu's message came just two hours after he spoke live to the cameras about the current political crisis stemming from his inability to form a coalition just 48 hours before the deadline to do so expires.
The IDF spokesman said the Syrian missile didn't hit the Israeli aircraft, which was conducting a routine flight over northern Israel, and fell within Syrian territory. The mission was completed as planned, the IDF said.
Arab media, meanwhile reported of air strikes near Quneitra.
Syria's SANA reported that "a military source confirmed that at 2110 hours the Israeli enemy targeted one of our military positions east of Khan Arnabeh in rural Quneitra."
The source explained that the aggression resulted in the "martyr's death and wounding another fighter."
According to Syrian media the strike took place near Khan Arnabeh which is very close to the Golan border and right next to line Bravo of the demilitarized zone near UNDOF areas. UN observers returned last summer after the Syrian regime retook this area near the border. An IDF statement said that Israel views with severity any threat to its aircraft and takes measures to defend them.
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