Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

IDF intercepts Hamas drone approaching ‘maritime zone’ with Gaza Strip

The Israeli military said it monitored the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) throughout the entire incident.

A drone camera used by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
A drone camera used by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

The Israel Defense Forces used an Iron Dome air-defense system to shoot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) it said belonged to the Hamas terror organization on Tuesday.

The UAV had approached “the Gaza maritime zone and was intercepted,” the IDF said in a statement.

“The Israeli Air Force monitored the UAV throughout the entire incident,” it said. “The IDF will continue to protect Israel’s airspace and its civilians.”

Israel’s Channel 12 news cited a resident at a local kibbutz reporting hearing a “frightening explosion” after seeing the trail of the interceptor missile.

Hamas launched six drones from the Gaza Strip during the 11-day conflict with Israel in May; the IDF intercepted all of them.

Iron Dome intercepted some 90 percent of projectiles—nearly 4,400 in total—headed for residential areas in Israel fired by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad based in Gaza during “Operation Guardian of the Walls” in May.

Witness statements allege that Jewish students were singled out, monitored and blocked from entering the event, with some attendees reporting antisemitic remarks heard while waiting in line.
“His venom for Jews is part of the sickening rise in antisemitism and attacks against believers,” prosecutors said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that the naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in force despite the announcement from Iran.
Four senators wrote to the U.S. Secretary of State that Liran Tancman has a “failed record of privatizing traditional humanitarian functions.”
The legislation would make sure that those who “exploit America’s generosity” can’t “hide behind the citizenship we gave them,” said Rep. Riley Moore, of West Virginia.
Danny Danon, the Israeli envoy to the global body, called the Iranian blockade of the strait “economic terrorism.”