Two Patriots, one air-to-air missile failed to shoot down Syrian-origin UAV

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had managed to penetrate 4km into Israeli airspace on Jul. 17 before returning back to Syria.

Photo: Safed municipality

According to media reports, the Israeli air defense had tried but failed to bring down the intruder with two Patriot air defense missiles and a air-to-air missile fired from a fighter jet.

One of the Patriot missiles landed in a kibbutz in the north and a girl was lightly wounded as a result.