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First article says pilot was killed, second article adds that ISIS now has the body.

Report: Syrian pilot killed after being shot down by Israel

Syrian official says pilot of aircraft shot down over Israel was killed. Syria denies plane entered Israeli airspace.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249456

The pilot of the Syrian aircraft which was shot down after it entered Israeli airspace Tuesday was killed, according to a report by a Russian media outlet.

Pilot Amran Mara’e was killed, a Syrian official told Sputnik, a news outlet supported by the Russian government.

According to the official, Mara’e was flying a mission against ISIS targets in southern Syria when he was shot down.

The IDF stated that the aircraft was shot down by two Patriot missiles after it had flown two two kilometers (1.24 miles) into Israeli airspace. The Syrian government denied that the aircraft had entered Israeli airspace and claimed that it was shot down over Syrian territory.

The fate of a second pilot is unclear.

According to the IDF, there has been an uptick in the Syrian infighting since Tuesday morning, together with additional activity by the Syrian air force.

“The IDF is on high alert and very prepared, and will continue acting against violations of the 1974 Separation of Forces agreement,” an IDF statement read.

Islamic State said to capture body of downed Syrian pilot

Plane shot down by Israel after crossing border said to have crashed in small pocket of land held by terror group in southwest Syria

An official based in Syria and allied with government forces said Tuesday that Islamic State fighters seized the body of a Syrian pilot whose jet was shot down by Israel.

The pilot was identified as Col. Amran Mara’e. He was killed when his plane was shot down, a Syrian military source told Sputnik, a Russian government-backed news outlet.

The fate of the other pilot remains unknown, said the official, who is with the so-called “Axis of Resistance” that is led by Iran and includes Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and other groups fighting alongside Assad’s forces. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-said-to-capture-body-of-downed-syrian-pilot/

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