A spokesperson of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said they are unaware of any incident that Damascus had claimed that it fired on Israeli warplane that violated Syrian airspace.
The IDF is not available for comments at the moment, the spokesperson told Xinhua, adding that it would look into the report.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office also said it was looking into the report.
Earlier, the official Syrian Arab News Agency quoted an official spokesman as saying that the Israelis broke the sound barrier and "dropped ammunition" over deserted areas of northern Syria overnight.
"We warn the Israeli enemy government against this flagrant aggressive act, and retain the right to respond in an appropriate way," said the spokesman.
It was not clear if Syria was accusing the Israelis of using warplanes or some type of other aircraft like drones.
Israel acknowledges flying over Lebanon routinely, but it is unclear how often its aircraft fly over Syria.
At the beginning of last summer's war against Lebanon in July, Israeli warplanes buzzed the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in what analysts called a warning to Damascus.
In June of the same year, they also flew over Assad's summer home in the coastal city of Latakia, after Syrian-backed Palestinian militants in Gaza kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit.
Source: Xinhua
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