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    Israel says it struck Iranian 'killer drone' sites in Syria

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    has struck Iranian military sites in to prevent what it said was a pending drone strike by .

    Israel's military rarely acknowledges operations in Syria, but it claimed on Saturday its strikes had prevented an attack on israel “using killer drones”.

    PM Benjamin Netanyahu hailed his military's “major operational effort”.

    Israel is believed to have carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since civil war broke out there in 2011, to try to prevent Iran gaining a foothold.

    An Israeli military spokesman said the strikes on Saturday targeted Iran's Quds force in Aqraba, south-east of the capital, Damascus.

    A Syrian military source quoted by the official Sana news agency said that Syrian anti-aircraft defences “detected enemy targets from Golan heading towards the area around Damascus”.

    “The aggression was immediately confronted and so far the majority of the enemy Israeli missiles have been destroyed before reaching their targets,” the source said.

    In a tweet, Mr Netanyahu said: “I reiterate: Iran has no immunity anywhere. Our forces operate in every sector against the Iranian aggression. ‘If someone rises up to kill you, kill him first.'”

    ‘Blatant attack'

    Separately, reports said two Israeli surveillance drones had come down in a stronghold of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital .

    Hezbollah officials said an unmanned drone fell on the roof of a media centre belonging to the group, and was…

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