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Friday, May 24, 2024
IDF says fighter jets intercepted drone heading toward northern Israel ‘from the east’
The military says that fighter jets shot down an unmanned aircraft approaching northern Israel “from the east.”
A statement from the Israel Defense Forces stresses the drone did not enter Israeli skies.
The IDF also notes that shrapnel from an interceptor missile sparked a fire after making impact near Safed. It says no one was injured and that the matter is being investigated.