IDF intercepts drone carrying three M-16 rifles in anti-smuggling operation - Goldie Katz

 

by Goldie Katz

The drone, which was identified as entering Israeli territory from the west, was located by troops and discovered to be carrying rifles.

 

M-16 carried into Israel by drone before being intercepted by IDF troops.

(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

 

IDF observation troops and the Aerial Control Center intercepted a drone attempting to smuggle three M-16 rifles into Israel on Friday, the military announced on Saturday.

The drone, which was identified as entering Israeli territory from the west, was located by troops and discovered to be carrying rifles.

The weapons were transferred to security forces for processing, the IDF stated.

IDF Cheif of Staff conducts situational assessment

Also on Friday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visited IDF troops stationed in Rafah during a situational assessment in the Gaza Strip.

Zamir spoke to soldiers, instructing the troops to keep removing threats present in the area and emphasizing the importance of destroying Hamas’s underground terror tunnel infrastructure.

“The IDF is deployed along a security border – the Yellow Line – overseeing the crossings to the Gaza Strip, and is precisely dismantling terror infrastructure in the area,” Zamir said. “We are prepared to transition from a defensive posture to an offensive one. For any violation, we will respond and degrade their capabilities.”

Zamir added that the IDF refuses to relinquish the original objectives of the Israel-Hamas War, “the full demilitarization of the Gaza Strip and the disarmament of Hamas.”

“We are operating in accordance with the directive of the political echelon, while maintaining military plans for their defeat, and we stand ready to act defensively as required. We will continue strengthening the defense of the communities of the western Negev,” he affirmed.

Zamir stated that there will be “no immunity for terrorism,” adding that “what applies to terrorists in Gaza applies to the terrorists in other arenas as well,” and that the IDF “will continue to remain focused and remove threats, with determination and a proactive approach.”

Goldie Katz

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-886603

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