In an apparent first, Iran and Israel engage each other militarily 2/11/2018 11:51:04 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print The remains of a missile that landed in the southern Lebanese village of Kaoukaba, near the border with Syria By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY NABIH BULOS    LA TIMES, FEB 10, 2018  - In its first known military engagement with Iran, Israel responded to an Iranian drone incursion into its territory early Saturday by bombing the launch site in Syria, according to Israeli military officials. Returning from that mission, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet was downed over Israeli territory by a barrage of Syrian anti-aircraft missiles. That prompted Israel to respond with what the army called 'a large-scale operation' targeting 12 Syrian and Iranian military sites. A community Facebook page that tracks attacks in the Syrian capital of Damascus reported there had been strikes on military sites near the suburbs of Kiswah and Dimas. The att...