IDF intercepted drones carrying arms destined for Gaza — reports

By Emanuel Fabian

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6 March 2022, 10:50 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Illustrative: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, left, and the Guard's aerospace division commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh talk while unveiling a new drone called 'Gaza,' in an undisclosed location in Iran, in a photo released on May 22, 2021. (Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, via AP)

IDF permits Hebrew-language media to publish that it downed several Iranian drones heading for the Gaza Strip last year.

Two were intercepted by F-35 jets, and a third using electronic warfare, far from the Israeli borders, the reports say.

It is said to be the first time F-35 jets have been used to take down a drone.

According to the reports, the drones were carrying firearms destined for terror groups in Gaza.