Jerusalem: An unknown an unarmed drone has been shot down by the Israeli air force on Saturday after, according to an army spokesman, it entered Israel’s airspace from Mediterranean Sea in open areas in the northern Negev.
“An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was identified penetrating Israeli airspace this morning, and was intercepted by the IAF at approximately 10:00 am (0800 GMT),” AFP military spokesman as saying.
He added that soldiers are now searching the area to locate and identify the drone.
The soldiers responsible for monitoring “acted as they should have done after spotting the drone following its intrusion into Israeli airspace”, Army radio quoted a military spokesman as saying.
Military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich later told reporters: “This drone was spotted over the Mediterranean in a sector near the Gaza Strip before entering Israeli airspace, where the air force followed it.”
”It was followed from the beginning until the time it was decided to intercept it and shoot it down for operational reasons over the Yatir Forest in the northern Negev, an uninhabited region.” Leibovich called the operation a “success,” but she did not say how the drone was shot down.
“Israeli soldiers are at the scene and retrieving pieces of debris,” she added.
A military official suspected the drone was dispatched from Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
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