<p>The Israeli military said an Iranian drone had entered Israeli airspace on Saturday, February 10, before being destroyed by an Israeli attack helicopter.</p><p>The alleged incursion was used as the pretext for Israeli strikes</a> on what it described as Iranian targets in Syria. An F-16 was shot down by Syria’s air defenses during the incursion.</p><p>According to Iran’s semi-state Fars News</a>, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, “The allegation that an Iranian drone has been flying [over Israel] and Iran’s involvement in downing a hostile Israeli fighter jet is too ridiculous to need a response because, basically, the Islamic Republic of Iran has an advisory presence in Syria at the demand of the country’s legitimate and legal government.” Credit: Israel Defense Forces via Storyful</p><br />
