by Israel Hayom Staff
"IDF will not tolerate any breach of Israeli aerial sovereignty and will counter any attempt to harm Israeli citizens," military says.
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The smoke trail seen in
Safed's sky, Sunday | Screenshot
The Israeli military confirmed on Sunday that its air defenses engaged a Syrian drone approaching the northern border.
The IDF said a Patriot missile was fired
at the target while it was still in Syrian airspace. The drone was
not hit and turned away from the border, the military said.
"The IDF will not tolerate any breach of
Israeli aerial sovereignty and will counter any attempt to harm
Israeli citizens," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a statement.
Prior to the military's confirmation,
residents of Safed reported seeing the Patriot's smoke trail in the
northern Israeli city's skies.
Taking to social media, eyewitnesses said
the missile was fired at a target launched from Syria toward the
Israeli side of the Golan Heights.
Last November, a Patriot missile
intercepted a surveillance drone that breached Israeli airspace over
the Golan Heights border.
Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/06/24/israel-fires-missile-at-syrian-drone-approaching-%e2%80%8eborder-%e2%80%8e/
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