![FILE - In this Monday, Nov 25, 2013, file photo, technicians inspect an Israeli air force F-16 jet at the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel. The Israeli military says it has shot down an Iranian drone that infiltrated the country and has struck Iranian targets in Syria that launched it. The military says that as part of the unusual event one of its F-16 jets crashed in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/H4YZLRRJAXRKJYYZNVENPOROLA.jpg?smart=true&auth=5f4736c4c1cfbbb2a4e90e69cb034cff9f28da4642860b44d70e2bd74c60476b&width=400&height=225)
Technicians inspect an Israeli Air force F-16 jet at the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel. AP
Technicians inspect an Israeli Air force F-16 jet at the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel. AP
Israel carries out airstrikes in Syria reportedly targeting Iranian militias
It is the first publicised Israeli attack in Syria since the downing of a Russian jet last September
Joyce Karam
30 November, 2018