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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IAF fighter jet downs drone flying over Gaza
2023-04-04
[IsraelTimes] Military says craft did not cross into Israeli airspace and did not pose a threat; incident comes a day after suspected Iranian aircraft was shot down trying to enter from Syria

An Israel Air Force fighter plane shot down a drone flying over the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip on Monday, the military said, adding that it had not represented a threat.

The army said that the drone "was identified in the skies over Gaza and was monitored the entire time by the air force until it was shot down.

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

This marks the second time in recent weeks that the IDF has downed a drone over Gaza. On March 22, Israel used an Iron Dome interceptor to bring down a similar craft.

The incident comes a day after Air Force combat helicopters and planes downed an unidentified aircraft that appeared to have crossed into Israeli airspace from Syria, which Hebrew media said was believed by the military to be of Iranian origin.

Around an hour after that incursion, Syrian media reported explosions at an airport near the capital Damascus, but did not blame Israel. Syrian state media generally is quick to attribute Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the country to Israel and has repeatedly done so in recent weeks.
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