Some of the Syrian missiles, like the ones that hit a Haifa railway yard, have warheads filled with antipersonnel weapons like ball bearings.
The first four came down from the southwest and within seconds, they were hit by Syrian surface-to-air missiles (SAM).
On his birthday, Gitai's helicopter was shot down by a Syrian missile on the Golan Heights.
On a single morning, June 11, 1982, Israeli strike aircraft destroyed 17 Syrian surface-to-air missiles with the help of electronic intelligence gathered by drones.
Ad Dimas is the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft crashed after being shot down by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles on August 9, 1974.
Plane's pilots noticed an impending Syrian missile but instead of ejecting failed to save the jet.
The Syrian Surface-to-air missile (SAM)s, were not activated against them.
Assigned to a peacekeeping force, Buffalo 461 was shot down by three Syrian missiles on August 9, 1974 killing all nine passengers and crew.
Further, Syria recently acquired North Korean Scud-C missiles, which have a greater range than current Syrian missiles.
Gitai's helicopter was shot down by a Syrian missile on his 23rd birthday.