The IDF reports a drone launched from Yemen was intercepted and shot down near Ramon International Airport. Two interception attempts to hit and neutralize it failed before the incident concluded. Alarms sounded in the airport area and in Be'er Ora, the nearby community. Later, alerts were also activated in the Dimona area.
The drone penetration comes one day after a drone from Yemen, which was identified but not classified as hostile, struck the passenger terminal at Ramon International Airport.
The IDF updated that within half an hour, the Air Force intercepted three unmanned aircraft. Following alerts activated shortly before in the southern Negev region, the Air Force intercepted an unmanned aircraft launched from Yemen. Additionally, another aircraft was intercepted without alerts being activated according to policy. The interception of these aircraft joins an additional interception carried out earlier in the day in the Arava region.
Channel 14's own correspondent admits it: a Yemeni drone just became the first "international aircraft" to land at Ramon Airport since it opened, and it came in without clearance, sirens, or interception before hitting the passenger terminal. pic.twitter.com/0wym4qRLhW
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Since the beginning of the war, approximately 150 Houthi drones have been launched toward Israel. More than 98 percent were intercepted. The IDF emphasized that "there is no indication of a technical malfunction in existing detection systems." Parallel to yesterday's impact incident, three additional drones were also successfully intercepted by the Air Force in the area of the Egyptian border.
