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IDF shoots down 3 Hezbollah drones heading for Karish gas field

Military says one UAV downed by F-16 fighter jet, the other two by missiles launched from ship.

The Israel Defenses Forces said Saturday it successfully intercepted three drones flown by the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group that were heading for the Karish gas field off Israel’s Mediterranean coast.

Tensions have risen over the site in recent weeks, after a gas production vessel arrived in Israel to launch extraction operations in the offshore field, drawing condemnation from Lebanon, which had laid claim to parts of it. Israel says Karish is in part of its UN-recognized exclusive economic zone.

One of the Hezbollah aircraft was downed by an F16 fighter jet, and the other two by Barak 8 missiles launched from the Saar 5 Class Corvette INS Eilat, the military said in a statement.

The Israel Defenses Forces said Saturday it successfully intercepted three drones flown by the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group that were heading for the Karish gas field off Israel’s Mediterranean coast.

Tensions have risen over the site in recent weeks, after a gas production vessel arrived in Israel to launch extraction operations in the offshore field, drawing condemnation from Lebanon, which had laid claim to parts of it. Israel says Karish is in part of its UN-recognized exclusive economic zone.

Saturday’s incident marked the first operational drone interception by Barak 8 missiles from a navy ship.

The UAVs were intercepted “at a safe distance from” the drilling platform, according to defense officials.

Recently the IDF revealed it had shot down two Iranian drones headed for Israel in March of 2021 thus giving the F-35 its first air-to-air kill – see video below.

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