The IDF shot down a foreign drone that had
penetrated deep into Israeli airspace on Saturday afternoon, flying for
half an hour before it was intercepted.
After an initial investigation, military
officials said the unmanned aerial vehicle, which was taken down north
of Beersheba, did not come from the Gaza Strip, leading the army to
consider the possibility that it originated in Lebanon. Hezbollah has
flown drones into Israeli airspace a few times in the past, though not
for several years.
IDF Spokesperson Yoav Mordechai said that the
Israeli Air Force was able to identify the unmanned aerial vehicle while
it was flying over the Mediterranean, and that the IAF stayed close to
the drone throughout its flight over Israel until the decision was made
to shoot it down in the northern Negev desert.
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