By mistake, Israel fired on a commercial flight with civilians thinking that it was a Syrian plane.

The Israeli army mistakenly fired last night on the Golan Heights against an Israeli plane making a commercial flight with civilians thinking it was an infiltrated Syrian plane, although there was no had injuries.

The pilot of the aircraft that they attacked said that they were "one and a half meters from the disaster," according to Ynet 's local news page.

The flight attendant thought that the first impact was on a bird until it noticed that they had lost fuel in the tank.

"This is a serious incident we are investigating," said an army spokeswoman at the DPA news agency.

"They thought the plane was a threat and fired until they realized that it was an Israeli plane," he said. -he declares.

During the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1967, the Golan Heights, which belonged to Syria, were occupied by Israel. The territory was annexed in 1981, although it was recognized internationally only by the United States.

Israel launched several airstrikes during the war in Syria against Iranian targets. Israel and Syria have never signed a peace agreement and Iran and Israel remain regional rivals.