Israel says shoots down Syrian warplane

Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet with surface-to-air missiles Tuesday after the plane infiltrated airspace it controls, the military said, in a rare incident that could provoke tensions. Israel signalled that the plane's infiltration may have been the result of internal fighting in Syria's civil war, but stressed it would enforce the ceasefire lines between the two countries. "This is a blatant violation of the 1974 separation agreements between Israel and Syria," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

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