Mr Netanyahu: Air raids were a "big blow" in Iran and Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that the Israeli Air Force, which yesterday made a series of raids in Syria, has "hit hard" Iran and the forces of the Syrian regime.

"We made a powerful blow to the Iranian and Syrian forces yesterday," Netanyahu said. We will continue to hurt all those who are trying to attack us, "he said, according to an announcement distributed by his office.

"This is our policy and it will remain," the prime minister added.

According to the Israeli army, an unmanned aircraft that hacked Iranian specialists in Syria entered yesterday in the Israeli airspace where it was shot down. In retaliation, the Israeli Air Force attacked an "Iranian" base in Syria, from where the unmanned aircraft launched.

One of the Israeli aircraft that participated in this operation was hit by a rocket launched by Syria and crashed into Israeli territory. The two pilots were transferred to the hospital. One of them, who was seriously injured, was operated and his situation has since been improved, according to the army.

The Israeli Air Force responded by launching raids against 12 Syrian and Iranian targets.

Today, political and military officials as well as commentators have emphasized the precedent that these controversies have created.

"The first direct military controversy between Israel and Iran", is the title of the newspapers Maariv and Y? Diot Aharanot.

The media also insisted on the fact that the F-16 was the first Israeli aircraft to be defeated after the war in Lebanon in 1982.

The plane was hit on Israeli territory by a missile launched by Syria, proving that "missiles are not aware of borders," said the military commander, Ammon Ain Darre, to the radio station.

According to experts, the unmanned aircraft suspended over Israeli territory is the first to directly direct Iranians, who are militarily involved in Syria on the side of the regime.

Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Konrikous said today that the unmanned aircraft was a copy of an American model that seized Iran in 2011 according to the debris analysis.

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