Did Iran use Iraqi militias to fly drone into Israel? - analysis
Netanyahu used the drone as an example of Iran’s supplying of infrastructure to terrorist groups. Details about the drone being shot down are still relatively scarce.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
MAY 21, 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of launching an armed drone that flew into Israeli airspace in the midst of the war in Gaza. In a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Netanyahu brought a piece of the drone and said that “Iran sent an armed UAV into Israel from Iraq or Syria.” It was intercepted near the border with Jordan in an area near where another armed drone flown from Syria was shot down in February 2018. The fact that Iraq was mentioned as a possible place the drone came from speaks to a larger Iranian threat that links Iraq and Syria. This threat has been known for years but may be growing.
Netanyahu used the drone as an example of Iran’s supplying of infrastructure to terrorist groups. Details about the drone being shot down are still relatively scarce. It was shot down on May 18 and pieces of it fell in an area near Beit Shean. Iranian media has not concentrated on the drone story. A short piece in Sputnik News in Arabic mentioned it. Al-Mayadeen, which is generally supportive of Iran and Hezbollah, also briefly mentioned the drone incident.
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Netanyahu used the drone as an example of Iran’s supplying of infrastructure to terrorist groups. Details about the drone being shot down are still relatively scarce.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
MAY 21, 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of launching an armed drone that flew into Israeli airspace in the midst of the war in Gaza. In a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Netanyahu brought a piece of the drone and said that “Iran sent an armed UAV into Israel from Iraq or Syria.” It was intercepted near the border with Jordan in an area near where another armed drone flown from Syria was shot down in February 2018. The fact that Iraq was mentioned as a possible place the drone came from speaks to a larger Iranian threat that links Iraq and Syria. This threat has been known for years but may be growing.
Netanyahu used the drone as an example of Iran’s supplying of infrastructure to terrorist groups. Details about the drone being shot down are still relatively scarce. It was shot down on May 18 and pieces of it fell in an area near Beit Shean. Iranian media has not concentrated on the drone story. A short piece in Sputnik News in Arabic mentioned it. Al-Mayadeen, which is generally supportive of Iran and Hezbollah, also briefly mentioned the drone incident.
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