IDF says Iranian drone it shot down was carrying explosives

Published: 16 April 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Military censors release report that aircraft shot down in February was sent to attack an unspecified target

Israel says Iranian drone it shot down in February was carrying explosives (Reuters)
Israel said on Friday an Iranian drone it shot down over Israeli territory in February was armed with explosives and was meant to carry out an attack.

Attack drone revelation shows grave, immediate, adjacent threat to Israel: Iran (Times of Israel)
Two months after an Israeli Apache helicopter shot down an Iranian drone dispatched from Syria, 30 seconds after it crossed into Israeli airspace, Israel’s military censors on Friday finally allowed local media to report that the drone was not merely taking surveillance footage, but was carrying explosives and was primed to attack and damage an unspecified target somewhere in Israel.

Photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves part of an Iranian drone downed in Israeli airspace, at a speech in Germany on February 10 (Lennart Preis/AFP)