Israel shoots down Iranian drone in its territory, but an F-16 is downed

Site of downed jet

Jerusalem -- Israel shot down an Iranian drone in the most serious engagement in Syria since fighting began in 2011. Once the drone was destroyed Saturday, Israel struck Iranian targets deep in Syria and, unfortunately for the good guys, an Israeli F-16 was downed.

Iran has established a military presence in Syria which Israel cannot accept and this latest engagement might be a predictor of more to come in spite of Israel issuing strong warnings.

A meeting was just held near the Syrian border by the Israeli Cabinet to highlight the new threats, which it clearly attributes to Iran's growing confidence due, in part, to the success of Bashar "The Chin" Assad in the Syrian civil war due to Iran's support.

Israel rightly labeled the drone infiltration a "severe and irregular violation of Israeli sovereignty" and told Iran they would be held accountable for its meddling. This raises the strong possibility that a larger military confrontation looms on the horizon as the religion of Islam calls for the annihilation of the Jews and eventually the Christians.

Israel's chief military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis said in a statement: 

"This is a serious Iranian attack on Israeli territory. Iran is dragging the region into an adventure in which it doesn't know how it will end. Whoever is responsible for this incident is the one who will pay the price."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman convened top military leaders in Tel Aviv for emergency consultations which went through the Jewish Sabbath to discuss strategic next steps.

Bibi said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and vowed serious retaliation.

"Iran seeks to use Syrian territory to attack Israel for its professed goal of destroying Israel," Netanyahu said. "Israel holds Iran and its Syrian host responsible for today's aggression. We will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security."

Israel also appealed to the UN Security Council to denounce Iran's aggression and "put an immediate end to Iranian provocations," but the Organization of Islamic Cooperation [the 57 UN nation members] is to Israel as the scorpion is to the frog. 

It's all about the religious obligation of Islam to destroy Israel and the Jews. And there are some really stupid 'useful idiots' who are secular Jews who support the BDS movement.

Go figure.

Israel wouldn't confirm if the F-16 was shot down by enemy fire, which would make it the first such downing of an Israeli military aircraft since 1982 during the first Lebanon war.

Israel has grave concerns that Iran could use Syrian territory to stage attacks or create a land passage from Iran to Lebanon that would help ease the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah--Lebanon's Iranian-supported political party and militant group religiously sworn to Israel's destruction.

Since 2012, Israel has struck weapons convoys destined for Hezbollah about 100 times, but overall, it has largely stayed out of the conflict.

Israel is a country so small and surrounded by Islamic countries that hate them, that every man and woman who are able-bodied, serve in the military.

If that was the case in the United States, there probably wouldn't be anyone taking a knee during the national anthem.


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