Two UAVs launched from the East toward Israeli territory were successfully intercepted by an Israeli Navy Missile Boat in the northern area of the Mediterranean Sea early Sunday morning, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
No injuries were reported.
In addition, a UAV launched from the East was intercepted by the IAF off the coast of Gush Dan. No injuries were reported.
No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol, the IDF stated.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, two IDF soldiers were killed by a UAV launched from Iraq towards northern Israel.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit named the two as Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer, 19, from Ashkelon, and Corporal Tal Dror, 19, from Jerusalem.
24 other soldiers were injured in the strike, one of them seriously.
This is the first time launches from Iraq caused deaths in Israel.