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Israeli Jet Shoots Down Drone After It Crossed Into Country’s Airspace From The Mediterranean
Emma Clark / Daily Mail
Video released by the Israeli Defence Force details the moment when jets intercepted a mystery drone that crossed into the Jewish state’s airspace from the Mediterranean Sea today.
The rogue drone, highlighted in red, was intercepted flying above the Negev desert in the south of the country and shot down by missiles launched from a trailing fighter jet of the Israeli Air Force.
A military spokeswoman said nobody was injured when it was brought down in the south of the country.
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This image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012
Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said Israeli systems on the ground alerted the air force to the drone during the morning.
She said it flew over the Gaza Strip but did not originate from the Palestinian territory, sparking the country to launch an investigation into the drone’s starting point.
Leibovich did not give more details, but Israel media reported that it might have been an intelligence gathering drone sent to investigate their Dimona nuclear reactor – and that it was not carrying explosives.
She added that the Israeli air force was in control throughout.
She said: ‘We had monitoring contact from the ground and from the air.
Today Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace Saturday from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country, a military spokeswoman said
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