The complete neutralization of Hezbollah Unit 127, responsible for the production, maintenance and operation of UAVs, is now the Israeli Air Force’s top priority, according to the Times of Israel, following the deadly attack on the Binyamina military base, where it is a camp. training session of the Israeli army’s Golani Brigade last night.
The drone who killed four soldiers and injured dozens, it was part of a coordinated, multifaceted airstrike, with three drones, short-range rockets fired north, and three precision rockets fired at Haifa.
One of the drones was shot down by the Navy and another by Iron Dome.
How the third drone “escaped” from the Israelis
The third was pursued by Israeli jets and helicopters, which fired at him twice. Electronic warfare assets were unable to cause the UAV to lose its orientation. It disappeared from radar 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Accra and is presumed to have crashed.
How a Hezbollah drone managed to hit Israel more powerful than 200 Iranian ballistic missiles
The IAF investigation into the incident found that the drone reappeared on radar for another minute during the half hour between its disappearance from screens and the attack, but forces did not identify it as an enemy drone.
Additionalthe police informed the IAF for reports of a suspicious aircraft near Yokne’am that could be the drone.
The challenge of identifying enemy aerial “invasions”
There are hundreds of objects flying in Israeli airspace directly over buildings at any given time, including even birds, which adds to the challenge of identifying a drone that appears unexpectedly.
During the war, approximately 1,200 drones were launched against Israel and 221 passed through Israeli defenses.
In light of the incident, the Air Force is expanding alert areas, which means more sirens and more false alarms. It will also assume a drone is still flying when it disappears and will only determine it has crashed when evidence is found.
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