Military officials are probing just how a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace managed to evade three attempts to down it, two patriot missiles and an air-to-air missile fired from an Israel Air Force fighter jet.

What was first believed to be incoming rocket fire on Sunday afternoon 11 Tammuz was actually a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace in the Golan Heights. The pilotless aircraft then crossed back into Syrian airspace.

The drone entered Israeli airspace at about 5:00PM Israel time, in the Central Golan area. The drone was being monitored by the air force and fighter jets that were scrambled. After two patriot rockets were fired a pilot fired a missile from his aircraft but all three attempts failed to down it. The identity of the pilotless aircraft (make/model) seem to be a mystery at this time.

The matter is under investigation by relevant defense and intelligence agencies.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)