The drone was Iranian. It was against 12 Iranian targets the IAF struck.
“Russia’s concern relates primarily to the major Israeli offensive conducted Saturday against 12 targets, which also targeted two Iranian, Syrian and Hizballah concentrations – one outside Quneitra opposite Israel’s Golan border with Syria, and the other in the Daraa de-escalation zone in the south.”
https://www.debka.com/moscow-implies-israel-air-offensive-hit-iranian-syrian-hizballah-targets/
“Iran had recently armed its military units in Syria and its Hizballah proxy with a supply of its newest drone, Mohajer 6 (Migrant) which carries smart precision bombs.”
https://www.debka.com/israel-intercepts-iranian-drone-iaf-f-16-hit-striking-iranian-target-syria-pilots-eject-safely/
These are the drones that Iran is mass producing.
Some are suggesting that Israel push their F-35s up to the front. Should they lose an F-35, and it goes down inside Syria, Lockmart will have nightmare for years.
“The Syrian anti-air missiles which hit an Israeli F-16 early Saturday, Feb. 10, are part of a system operated with and commanded by the Russians from their Kheimim air base. The F-16 was shot down during an Israeli air strike against the Iranian facility at the T-4 air base near Palmyra, which launched a UAV into Israeli airspace that morning.”
“... another wave of Israeli air strikes was then launched against a broad range of Iranian and Syrian targets.”
https://www.debka.com/russian-troops-involved-iranian-syrian-clash-israel/
Was likely an SA-5 (S-200 system) that hit the plane - the missile’s range extends into northern Israel.
Seems like there were two waves not just the one with the loss of the F-16 - the first loss since the ‘67 war.
Iran is now threatening to attack all US bases. - Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami (aka The Big Salami).
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/iran-well-open-gates-hell-israel-attack-american-bases/
Seems like there were two waves not just the one with the loss of the F-16 - the first loss since the ‘67 war.Although Israel was an early customer, the F-16 wasn't available to anyone prior to about 1978. In the 1973 war, the IAF lost planes to the SAM umbrellas of Syria and Egypt, so they adapted tactics to strike the SAMs if possible, while flying under radar to provide close air support against the Syrian tank attack (almost 1400 tanks; Syria lost roughly 1000 in the 1973 war).