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UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Screen capture from video showing the first test flight of the Cormorant, a UAV produced by Israeli company Urban Aeronautics that could be used to evacuate people from dangerous environments. (Screen capture: YouTube/UrbanAero)
January 4, 2017, 12:59 am
Flying ambulance drone heading for take off
Israeli-made Cormorant could be used to rescue people in dangerous situations, or ferry troops in combat
By Stuart Winer
Mohammed Al-Zoari (Channel 2 screenshot)
December 16, 2016, 7:35 pm
Mossad blamed as Tunisian scientist ‘with Hamas ties’ killed near his home
Senior Tunisian journalist says Israeli intelligence was tracking Mohammed Al-Zoari, who helped terror group build drones
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a UAV, June 2010. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 1, 2016, 3:08 pm
China looks to expand into unmanned combat vehicles market
Geektime: Chinese companies are playing a growing role in the global unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) market and it is likely they will get a chance to test out these systems in operations in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central Asia
Illustrative photo of an Iranian drone (AP/ISNA, Hemmat Khahi)
October 1, 2016, 3:05 pm
Iran says it built attack drone modeled on captured US craft
Semi-official Tasnim news agency reports that Revolutionary Guards' 'Saegheh' UAV is similar to RQ-170 Sentinel
By AP
Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, display a drone during a parade marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation on December 14, 2014 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
September 20, 2016, 2:16 pm
Israel shoots down Hamas drone off the Gaza coast
Army says UAV was under surveillance 'from the moment it took off'
By Judah Ari Gross
Destroyed buildings in the government-held Jouret al-Shiah neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on September 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)
September 20, 2016, 1:50 pm
Syria opposition slams ‘total weakness’ of international community
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meets Donald Trump; Obama tells UN Palestinians must ‘reject incitement,’ recognize Israel’
By Raoul Wootliff
The Eitan drone, also known as the Heron TP flies during a display at the Palmahim Air Force Base in Israel, March 7, 2007. (AP/Ariel Schalit/File)
September 1, 2016, 1:29 pm
Lawsuit grounds Israeli-German drone deal
Legal challenge by US competitor may stall Berlin's plan to lease Eitan UAVs for months
By TOI staff
Two MZD-2 cluster bombs dropped from a Hezbollah drone near Aleppo, Syria, according to footage released on August 9, 2016. (Jawad Metni/DanChurchAid)
August 11, 2016, 1:43 am
Video appears to confirm use of attack drones by Hezbollah
Footage shows terror group dropping cluster bombs on Syria rebel positions from UAV, years after it first boasted of drone capability
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a UAV, June 2010. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
August 8, 2016, 11:49 am
Israel believes Russian drone breach an accident — report
Internal probe shows Jerusalem spoke to Moscow air force officials seven times after UAV entered airspace
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a UAV, June 2010. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
August 7, 2016, 8:19 am
Russia, not Hezbollah, sent drone into Israel — report
Three weeks after IDF failed to bring down UAV that crossed over from Syria, Moscow officials acknowledge it was theirs
By TOI staff
A Patriot missile. (Israel Air Force)
July 17, 2016, 11:06 pm
IDF fails 3 times to bring down drone over Golan
Apparent air-to-air strike and two Patriot missiles couldn't take out UAV that flew into Israeli airspace from Syria
By Ilan Ben Zion
An IDF helicopter arrives to evacuate wounded soldiers after an accidental grenade blast in the Golan Heights on July 17, 2016 (United Hatzalah)
July 17, 2016, 9:32 pm
Teen hurt by debris from Patriot missile fired at drone in Golan
Falling fragments of projectile lightly injure girl out hiking, as 2 IDF anti-aircraft missiles fired at UAV from Syria miss target
By Ilan Ben Zion
A Patriot battery perched above the Haifa coast in August 2013 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/ Flash 90)
July 17, 2016, 8:21 pm
IDF checks whether drone in north was sent by Hezbollah
Member of Lebanese terror group claims craft was photographing army activity in the Golan; IDF fired 2 missiles at intruder, but missed
By Ilan Ben Zion
US Army officers stand at a Patriot anti-missile battery site during a joint Israeli-US air defense exercise in Tel Aviv, in 2009. (photo credit: Ziv Koren/Flash90)
July 17, 2016, 6:27 pm
Israel fires at, misses Syrian drone in its airspace
2 anti-aircraft missiles launched at intruding aircraft, which escapes intact; IDF reportedly scrambles fighter jets
By Ilan Ben Zion
Once of more than a dozen small UAVs discovered by border officials was they were being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, July 13, 2016. (Defense Ministry)
July 13, 2016, 6:39 pm
Trove of gadgets seized at Gaza border
Small drones, divers' watches and satellite communications equipment among items in 'unusual' discovery
By Stuart Winer
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