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An IAF aircraft (photo: Flash90)
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| By Israel Insider staff September 6, 2007 |
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The Syrian army's air defenses fired on Israeli Air force warplanes that allegedly entered Syria's airspace and "dropped ammunition," according to the Syrian news agency. IDF officials said they would investigate the report, Haaretz reported.
Syrian air defenses fired at the incoming planes, which crossed into Syria after midnight local time, the agency said.
"We warn the Israeli enemy government against this flagrant aggressive act, and retain the right to respond in an appropriate way," a Syrian spokesman said.
"The Israeli enemy aircraft infiltrated into the Arab Syrian territory through the northern border, coming from the Mediterranean heading toward the eastern region, breaking the sound barrier," the spokesman said.
"Air defense units confronted them and forced them to leave after they dropped some ammunition in deserted areas without causing any human or material damage."
The IDF said they had no knowledge of the incident.
"We have no knowledge of anything like this. We will get back to you," an IDF spokeswoman said by telephone from Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, MK Sa'id Nafa of Balad went to Syria on Thursday, despite Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit's refusal to authorize the trip, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Nafa contested that the trip was meant to maintain relations between Druse in Syria and in Israel, as well as between Syrian and Israeli Arabs. However Syria is an enemy state with which Israel has no official diplomatic relations.
The MK is an attorney who replaced former MK Azmi Bishara in Balad after Bishara resigned following accusations of espionage.
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