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IAF downs two drones approaching from Syria

The UAVs did not enter Israeli airspace, according to the IDF.

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A drone launched by Hezbollah flies over the Israeli border on Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

The Israeli Air Force on Monday intercepted two unmanned aerial vehicles approaching Israel from Syria.

The drones were downed before crossing into Israeli territory, according to the military.

On Sept. 23, Israeli fighter jets intercepted a drone over the southern Golan Heights that had crossed the border from Syria, the fifth such incident in 24 hours.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iran-backed militia, took credit for the attack, claiming the target had been a base belonging to the IDF’s Golani Brigade.

Last week, Syrian state media reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in Damascus, killing seven people and wounding 11 others.

According to Ynet, the target of the strike was Haj Samer, a senior official in Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, responsible for transferring weapons to the terrorist group from Iran and its proxies.

According to the Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya TV channel, the building targeted was frequented by Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials.

In September, at least a dozen Hezbollah operatives were wounded in the Damascus area when their pagers exploded as part of an alleged Israeli attack that also injured more than 2,700 terrorists in Lebanon, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Israel rarely admits to attacks on Syrian territory, although in February Jerusalem revealed that it had struck more than 50 targets belonging to Hezbollah and other Iran-backed terror groups in Syria since Oct. 7.

“The homes of both terrorists were mapped in preparation for the temporary sealing of the buildings,” the IDF said.
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