IOF fails 3 times to bring down drone over occupied Golan

The Israel 'Defense' Forces said Sunday that it failed in three attempts to shoot down an unidentified drone aircraft that entered the Occupied Territories airspace from Syria on Sunday.

As well as the two Patriot surface-to-air missiles that were officially announced and clearly visible in the sky, a Israeli military official told Israeli Channel 2 television that a third attempt came from an air-to-air missile fired by an Israeli fighter jet.

According to the Israel occupation forces (IOF), the origin of the drone wasn’t clear, but the army is trying to ascertain whether it had been sent by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah resistance group, which is currently fighting alongside the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Channel 2 television reported.

Israeli military claimed that the UAV was Russian-made, Channel 2 said.

Israel fired anti-aircraft missiles at the drone, but failed to bring down the aircraft. The IOF said in a statement that neither of the two Patriot missiles it launched had managed to hit the drone, which returned to Syrian airspace.