The Israeli air force shot down a drone approaching the nation's coast today, the Israel Defense Forces said.
"An unmanned aircraft (UAV) was identified approaching the coast of Israel and was successfully intercepted by IAF aircraft five nautical miles off the coast of Haifa," the IDF said in a statement. "This is the second time a UAV has been intercepted in Israeli air space within the past seven months." Ref. CNN
Israel has claimed responsibility for what Russia called traces of ballistic "Objects" That it detected in an area in the central Mediterranean. Israel's Ministry of Defense said it carried out a missile test in the area, according to the BBC and Reuters. Ref. USAToday
Senior Iraqi MP accuses Israel of arming militants:
"Iraqi troops seized made-in-Israel weapons from ISIL militants," Iskander Witwit, the deputy chairman of the Security and Defense Committee in Iraq's parliament, told Anadolu Agency. "Some countries now represent Israel and run the battle in Iraq on Israel's behalf," He added. Ref. Source 9
"A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties" :
The plan operates on two essential premises. To survive, Israel must 1) become an imperial regional power, and 2) must effect the division of the whole area into small states by the dissolution of all Ref. Source 8
Israel assisting UAE in aggression against Yemen:
The Israeli regime is providing logistic and material assistance to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in its military offensive against Yemen, reports say. Israeli regime military officers are also training the UAE officers on urban and irregular warfare. Ref. Source 9q
Hundreds of Jews and Arabs Rally Arm-in-Arm for Peace in Israel:
Nearly 1000 Jewish and Arab residents joined seven mayors from different municipalities to form a human chain north of Israel, calling for coexistence and condemning violence. Ref. Source 8t