Beirut: The Syrian army said on Tuesday it had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone in Syria after an Israeli attack on a Syrian army position in southern Syria, state media reported.

The state-run SANA news agency said the warplane had attacked an army position at 1am on Tuesday in the countryside of Syria's southern Quneitra province. It and a drone were then shot down.

A Druze man watches fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels in the Syrian village of Jubata al-Khashab from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Sunday. Credit:AP

The Israeli military categorically denied a claim by the Syrians that they had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone.

Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Tuesday, hours after a stray mortar bomb from fighting among factions in Syria struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.