JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday only one of its jets was damaged while on a mission to strike an Iranian installation that had launched a drone from Syria, denying a Syrian report that said more than one plane was hit.

“They all returned safely, except for one that crashed in Israel,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus. Syrian state media had earlier quoted an unidentified military official who said Syrian air defences “hit more than one plane”. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Paul Tait; Editing by Paul Tait)</s>JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday only one of its jets was damaged while on a mission to strike an Iranian installation that had launched a drone from Syria, denying a Syrian report that said more than one plane was hit.

"They all returned safely, except for one that crashed in Israel," said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus. Syrian state media had earlier quoted an unidentified military official who said Syrian air defences "hit more than one plane". (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Paul Tait; Editing by Paul Tait)</s>JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday only one of its jets was damaged while on a mission to strike an Iranian installation that had launched a drone from Syria, denying a Syrian report that said more than one plane was hit.

“They all returned safely, except for one that crashed in Israel,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus. Syrian state media had earlier quoted an unidentified military official who said Syrian air defences “hit more than one plane”. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Paul Tait; Editing by Paul Tait)</s>JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday only one of its jets was damaged while on a mission to strike an Iranian installation that had launched a drone from Syria, denying a Syrian report that said more than one plane was hit.

“They all returned safely, except for one that crashed in Israel,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus. Syrian state media had earlier quoted an unidentified military official who said Syrian air defences “hit more than one plane”. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Paul Tait; Editing by Paul Tait)</s>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian air defences opened fire in response to an Israeli act of “aggression” against a military base on Saturday and hit “more than one plane”, Syrian state media cited a military source as saying.

“The Israeli enemy entity at dawn today conducted a new aggression against one of the military bases in the central region. Our air defences confronted it and hit more than one plane,” the unidentified military source said.</s>BEIRUT, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday that Syrian air defences were responding to a “new Israeli aggression” and a military source said the defences had thwarted attacks on military positions in the south of the country.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory.

“The Israeli enemy has resumed aggression on some military positions in the southern region and our air defences have responded to them and thwarted the aggression,” a Syrian military source said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel has been targeting areas in the countryside southwest of the capital Damascus and in the eastern countryside of Homs province for several hours since dawn.

One set of raids hit positions belonging to the Syrian government and its allies in central Syria around the T4 airbase and in the Homs desert, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Another set of raids hit southwest of Damascus.</s>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday that Syrian air defences were responding to a “new Israeli aggression” and a military source said the defences had thwarted attacks on military positions in the south of the country.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory.

“The Israeli enemy has resumed aggression on some military positions in the southern region and our air defences have responded to them and thwarted the aggression,” a Syrian military source said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel has been targeting areas in the countryside southwest of the capital Damascus and in the eastern countryside of Homs province for several hours since dawn.

One set of raids hit positions belonging to the Syrian government and its allies in central Syria around the T4 airbase and in the Homs desert, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Another set of raids hit southwest of Damascus.</s>BEIRUT, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday that Syrian air defences were responding to a "new Israeli aggression" and a military source said the defences had thwarted attacks on military positions in the south of the country.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory.

"The Israeli enemy has resumed aggression on some military positions in the southern region and our air defences have responded to them and thwarted the aggression," a Syrian military source said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel has been targeting areas in the countryside southwest of the capital Damascus and in the eastern countryside of Homs province for several hours since dawn.

One set of raids hit positions belonging to the Syrian government and its allies in central Syria around the T4 airbase and in the Homs desert, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Another set of raids hit southwest of Damascus.</s>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday that Syrian air defences were responding to a “new Israeli aggression” and a military source said the defences had thwarted attacks on military positions in the south of the country.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory.

“The Israeli enemy has resumed aggression on some military positions in the southern region and our air defences have responded to them and thwarted the aggression,” a Syrian military source said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel has been targeting areas in the countryside southwest of the capital Damascus and in the eastern countryside of Homs province for several hours since dawn.

One set of raids hit positions belonging to the Syrian government and its allies in central Syria around the T4 airbase and in the Homs desert, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Another set of raids hit southwest of Damascus.</s>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday that Syrian air defences were responding to a “new Israeli aggression” and a military source said the defences had thwarted attacks on military positions in the south of the country.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory.

“The Israeli enemy has resumed aggression on some military positions in the southern region and our air defences have responded to them and thwarted the aggression,” a Syrian military source said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel has been targeting areas in the countryside southwest of the capital Damascus and in the eastern countryside of Homs province for several hours since dawn.

One set of raids hit positions belonging to the Syrian government and its allies in central Syria around the T4 airbase and in the Homs desert, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Another set of raids hit southwest of Damascus.
Syrian state media cite a military source saying that the Syrian air defences hit "more than one plane" at dawn.