Sunday, September 29, 2013

Israeli Jets Scrambled Twice Over Northern Israel On Saturday


IAF Fighter Jets Scramble Over Northern Israel -- Times of Israel

Suspicion that unmanned drones penetrated Israeli airspace not confirmed; second such incident in a week.

Three Israel Air Force jets were scrambled Saturday to intercept unidentified aerial objects amid suspicion these were unmanned drones that penetrated Israeli airspace.

Two of the jets were called to the northern region of the country while a third made its sortie from the Tel Nof Air Force base to the Haifa region, Channel 2 reported.

The channel’s website published a short video of the sortie.

The IDF Spokesperson’s office refused to elaborate on the incident.

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Update #1: Report: IAF jets dispatched toward unidentified objects -- Jerusalem Post
Update #2: Jets Scrambled Twice Saturday; IDF Mum -- Arutz Sheva
Update #3: Israeli Air Force jets scrambled to both ends of the country -- Digital Journal

My Comment: This is not the first time such a jet-fighter scramble has occurred. More proof that everyone's military in the region is now on "hair-trigger" alert.

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