 The interception of a Hamas drone on July 14, 2014, was the first time in the history of the Patriot system's use that it successfully intercepted an enemy aircraft.On August 31, 2014, a Syrian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by an Israeli Air Defense Command MIM-104D Patriot missile near Quneitra, after it had penetrated Israeli-controlled airspace over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Nearly a month later, on September 23, a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 was shot down in similar circumstances.