Israel and Syria exchanged direct fire between one another on Monday morning in a rare direct clash between the two countries.
The Israel Defence Forces said a Syrian missile was launched towards its aircraft flying over Lebanon and that it carried out an airstrike in response.
According to the IDF spokesperson unit, the Israeli aircraft were fired at by the SA-5 missile battery while carrying out “a routine reconnaissance mission” over Lebanon.
Despite not being threatened by the missile, the Israeli Air Force in retaliation bombed the battery fifty kilometres east of the Syrian capital Damascus, destroying its fire-control radar.
