IDF says ribbons in the sky caused by spy plane on patrol, not political statement

The military says that contrails seen over Israel’s skies this morning in the shape of a ribbon were caused by an Israeli Air Force spy plane during a routine patrol.

The spy plane was operating to track a drone launched from Yemen at Israel this morning, which was successfully intercepted by the Israeli Navy over the Mediterranean Sea.

The IDF says that the flight path of the spy plane and the weather conditions caused the contrails.

“Due to the high flight altitude in varying condensation conditions and strong westerly winds, the unique contrails were created,” the military says.

“This was a routine flight path,” the army says, denying that it was intentional to cause the shape of a ribbon in the sky.

Some had presumed that the contrails were a nod to the yellow ribbons worn as a symbol of support for the hostages held in Gaza.