Israel: Aircraft Downed By IDF In North This Week Likely An Iranian Drone

Army says aircraft downed by IDF in north this week likely an Iranian drone

AGENCIES and TOI STAFF

Iran appears to have been behind the launch of a drone that was brought down over Israeli airspace this week, a military source said Monday.

The source gave the IDF’s preliminary conclusions a day after air force helicopters and fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the drone when it entered Israeli territory from Syria. There were no casualties in the incident, but it added to the already heightened tensions between the two arch-enemies.

Debris from the downed aircraft has been collected and is continuing to be examined, the source said. The craft was downed using “electronic warfare.”

The interception happened shortly after Iranian state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Syria over the weekend had died of his wounds. That made him the second Iranian adviser allegedly killed by Israel in the airstrike.

A drone flying over the Gaza Strip was also shot down on Monday, the military said, adding that it had not represented a threat.

“The craft did not cross into Israeli airspace and did not represent a threat at any time,” the IDF said, without providing any further details.