Drone Russians Break Through The Israeli Sky, Shot Three Times But Failed

Illustration drone UAV.

TEL AVIV - An Israeli military UAV drone quietly break through airspace or sky Israel in the last month. Drone was even trying to get shot down three times by the Israeli defense forces (IDF) but failed.

The drone has been thought to belong to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a sworn enemy of Israel. However, the Haaretz newspaper reports revealed that the drone belonged to the Russian military.

Russia's unmanned aerial vehicle entered Israeli airspace from the direction of Syria on July 17, 2016. The initial allegations that the drone belonged to Hezbollah uncovered Israeli Security Service. Even Israel had asked Hezbollah responsible.

However, Russian officials are now admitted to the Israeli officials regarding the fact of drone Moscow invading Israeli airspace. Russian officials claim the incident was a result of "human error" when the Russian military was testing Israel's air defense capability.

Russian aircraft crossed into Israeli airspace actually is not the first time. However, the act of retaliation for the violation by the firing by the IDF for the first time occurred.

According to the Haaretz report, Sunday (08/07/2016), the Israeli army air defense units fired two Patriot missiles against the Russian drone. A third missile shooting by Israeli fighter jets, but it fails all three shootings.

Russian military aircraft maneuvers in Israel Moshe Yalon been disclosed previously served as Minister of Defense of Israel. In November last, Yalon confirmed that Russian aircraft violated the airspace of the country, but it was immediately "corrected" through the communication channel between the two countries.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military official told CHANNEL2 also acknowledged that the mysterious drone originally thought to belong to Hezbollah, actually belonged to the Russian military. Officials who declined to be identified, said that the drone maneuvers could trigger an Israeli air raid alarm in the north.