Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

IDF downs drone near Sea of Galilee

The UAV, which set off sirens in several towns in the southern Golan Heights, appears to have crossed the border from Syria.

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Aug. 23, 2024. Photo by Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images.
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Aug. 23, 2024. Photo by Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images.

Israeli air defenses on Monday intercepted a drone just south of the Sea of Galilee that appears to have penetrated the border from Syria to the east.

The drone set off sirens in several towns in the southern Golan Heights in the morning.

The incident occurred well south of the areas usually targeted by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

According to Israeli Army Radio, military officials believe the object was launched from Syria, a fairly rare occurrence.

Hezbollah has rained thousands of projectiles on northern Israel over the last ten and a half months, but the border with Syria has generally been largely quiet.

See more from JNS Staff
The Islamic Republic was two weeks away from obtaining the bomb, according to the U.S. president.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with local in the country’s southeast, not far from where IDF troops destroyed a major Hezbollah base.
“We do not have evidence the actors succeeded in fielding an operational device, but they did test-fire a guided rocket,” the AI company said.
“Judaism and fashion are completely interwoven from the streets of Seventh Avenue in New York City to the streets of Tel Aviv,” Tobi Rubinstein, an event co-host, told JNS.