
IDF intercepts Gaza drone flying toward Israel
The UAV posed no threat to Israelis residing along the border with the Hamas-ruled enclave, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The UAV posed no threat to Israelis residing along the border with the Hamas-ruled enclave, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The 60-acre site is so realistic, many scenes from the critically acclaimed Israeli TV show, Fauda were filmed here.
‘It’s not clear who is considered the enemy – if it’s the families [of the kidnapped soldiers] or the terror organization who holds the soldier hostage.’
The aerial exchange comes a day after the Israeli military killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders.
Israelis residing within 40 kilometers of the Gaza border have been instructed to enter or remain near bomb shelters amid fears of rocket attacks.
The exchange comes in the wake of a deadly gun battle in Nablus that erupted after Israeli forces came under fire during a counter-terror raid.
Renowned Israeli educator Miriam Peretz, who lost two of her sons while they were serving in the IDF, paid a condolence call to the mother of two boys who died in last week’s car-ramming attack.
Over 200 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad terror group in August exploded inside the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring Palestinians.
The IDF said that during the operation its drones flew more than 2000 flight hours, made over 100 sorties, and performed dozens of attacks.
Remotely manned aircraft have become an influential factor in the IDF’s operational activities.