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A flyer dropped by the Israeli military on the Syrian side of the border in the Golan Heights, on April 19, 2023. (Twitter)
April 19, 2023, 5:00 pm
IDF said to hit sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Syria, then drop flyers
Syrian troops are warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; small military drone crashes in Syria
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An IDF soldier with a Skylark drone during a drill at the Tzelim army base, August 5, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 4, 2023, 10:28 pm
Small IDF drone crashes in northern West Bank, cause unknown
Military says Skylark UAV that fell out of sky while conducting reconnaissance mission was collected by troops
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A Skylark drone that crashed in the West Bank city of Nablus, October 26, 2022. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2022, 1:42 pm
Small IDF drone crashes in Nablus, a week after one came down in Hebron
Military says Skylark UAV fell out of sky due to technical error while conducting reconnaissance mission over West Bank city
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers retreive a Skylark drone that crashed in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 19, 2022. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 19, 2022, 4:50 pm
Small IDF drone crashes in Hebron, is retrieved by troops
Skylark UAV falls out the sky for unknown reasons while conducting reconnaissance mission over West Bank city
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
May 25, 2021, 3:15 pm
Israeli drone was intercepted by Iron Dome during Gaza fighting — IDF
Military confirms accidentally downing one of its own unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An IDF soldier with a Skylark drone during a drill at the Tzelim army base, August 5, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 6, 2019, 6:03 pm
Israeli defense firm Elbit secures $153 million drone deal with Asian country
Contract with unnamed state offers multi-layered UAV system, including over 1,000 miniature reconnaissance vehicles
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
July 16, 2019, 11:52 am
Israeli spy drone crashes in Gaza, reportedly after it was shot down
IDF refuses to say whether Skylark reconnaissance UAV was attacked or suffered malfunction
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
October 2, 2018, 12:51 pm
IDF spy drone crashes in Gaza area, prompting search
Army officials believe Skylark reconnaissance UAV fell in Israeli territory, in eighth such incident in two years
By ToI Staff
Soldiers from the IDF's Sky Riders Unit launch a Skylark drone during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 19, 2018, 8:14 pm
IDF reconnaissance drone crashes in southern Syria
Army says no danger of sensitive information being compromised after Skylark UAV hits ground near Hader
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier operating a reconnaissance drone. (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
April 26, 2018, 12:03 pm
IDF says drone crashed into sea, was retrieved by navy
Military reveals unmanned aircraft went down due to technical malfunction some weeks ago, adds that no data was compromised
By ToI Staff
Soldiers from the IDF's Sky Riders Unit work on a Skylark drone during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 23, 2018, 11:43 am
IDF’s ‘sky riders’ fly high under first female commander
Artillery Corps’ elite drones unit sheds light on its operations as two new UAV models are set to be put to use
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
September 25, 2017, 8:33 pm
IDF launches probe after two more mini drones crash
Commander grounds fleet as Skylark hand-launched military drones go down in West Bank, bringing total crashes this year to at least 8
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
A member of the Hezbollah terror group holds Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during a press tour near the border town of Arsal on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
August 13, 2017, 1:41 pm
Hezbollah says it found Israeli spy device in southern Lebanon
Terror group claims equipment found on Barouk mountain was remotely detonated by Israel, which ‘feared its discovery’
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
July 18, 2017, 11:18 am
Palestinians recover, return IDF drone that crashed near Nablus
Civil Administration oversees transfer of Skylark-model UAV back to Israeli hands after it falls out of the sky in West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
A soldier training with the man-portable and hand-launched skylark mini UAV (Photo credit: Courtesy: Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/ IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
July 4, 2017, 2:24 am
Small Israeli drone crashes in southern Gaza, says army
In year’s third such incident, IDF investigates what caused Skylark-model UAV to fall out of the sky; Hamas says it has device
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
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