JERUSALEM – Israel stated on Tuesday that its navy jets got here below Russian anti-aircraft fireplace over Syria in Could however they missed their goal, describing the confrontation as a “one-off incident”.
The disclosure by Defence Minister Benny Gantz got here amid tensions between Israel and Russia over the previous’s condemnation of the Ukraine struggle and the latter’s scrutiny of a Jewish emigration company.
Having helped Damascus flip the tide of a greater than decade-old civil struggle, Russian forces in Syria frequently flip a blind eye to Israeli air strikes in opposition to suspected Iranian-sponsored deployments and arms transfers.
However Israel’s Channel 13 TV reported that, on Could 13, a Russian-operated S-300 air defence battery fired on Israeli jets as they carried out a Syria sortie – with out hitting any.
“It was a one-off incident,” Gantz instructed a convention hosted by Channel 13, when requested to verify the report. The Russian launch occurred when the plane “have been now not round”, he stated.
The Russian embassy in Israel didn't instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
Israel’s coordination with Russia over Syria is “a state of affairs that's secure proper now, I feel”, Gantz stated. “However we're all the time reviewing this story as if we solely simply started it now.”
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