IDF Confirms Israeli Drone Shot Down Over Golan Heights

In this Sunday, March 16, 2014 photo, An Israeli soldier prepares to launch a Skylark dron
AP/Tsafrir Abayov

The Times of Israel reports: An Israeli drone was downed in Syrian territory on Monday, the Israeli military said, confirming an earlier report in the Syrian and Lebanese media that the unmanned vehicle was shot down by Syrian aerial defense systems.

Syria said the drone, a Skylark, was downed over Quneitra in the Syrian Golan Heights. Lebanese terror group Hezbollah posted pictures of the downed drone on its social media pages.

The Israeli military said the circumstances of the incident were being checked, but that there were no immediate suspicions that classified data could be retrieved from the device.

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