The Israeli Air Force shot down a drone that was attempting to infiltrate Israeli airspace from Syria on Sunday afternoon.
The IAF fired surface-to-air Patriot missiles to intercept the drone.
The drone is believed to have come from the Quneitra area in Syria, which is located next to the border with Israel.
“The IDF will not tolerate a breach of the state of Israel’s sovereignty,” the IDF said in a statement.
Over the last several days, the Quneitra region has seen intense fighting between Islamist rebels and members of the Syrian army over control of the area.
Rebels associated with al-Qaeda’s Al-Nursa Front terror organization seized control of Syria’s only border crossing with Israel and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s last stronghold in southern Syria.
The interception of the drone on Sunday comes after several reports of Israeli drones being shot down across the Middle East last week. Hamas claimed to have shot down a drone in Gaza and Iran said it intercepted an Israeli drone over its Natanz nuclear site.
On Thursday, Arab media reported that an Israeli spy drone had been shot down near the Baghdad airport in Iraq. The US Embassy in Iraq is said to have ordered its forces on the ground to recover the drone.
