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Air Force still probing whether ‘suspicious target’ shot down over Red Sea earlier was a drone
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israeli Air Force is still probing whether a “suspicious aerial target” shot down over the Red Sea earlier was a drone.
It is possible that the target was a “false identification,” oftentimes triggered by flocks of birds. As such, the IDF does not yet know the origin of the target.
Earlier, the IDF claimed it shot down a “drone launched from the east,” although there is no confirmation yet of this.
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