The Syrian army said it shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone
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Smoke from explosions rises during fighting in the village of Jubata Al Khashab in Syria, as seen from the Israeli side of the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights September 11, 2016.
The Syrian army has claimed to have downed an Israeli plane and a drone on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israel had struck the Syrian military after stray mortar fire hit the Golan Heights, according to Haaretz.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman told Haaretz that two surface-to-air missiles were fired from Syria as response to the Israeli strike but that the Israeli jets were “far from the source of the fire, which didn’t endanger the Israeli forces.”
Israel has not confirmed the incident.
The strike came hours after a ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia went into effect in Syria.
But Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had already hinted on Monday he would continue recovering “every area from the terrorists,” and would continue doing so “without hesitation, regardless of any internal or external circumstances.”
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