A kite fitted with a camera was spotted flying into Israel from northern Gaza on Sabbath morning, according to Israel’s Channel 2 television news.
IDF soldiers who spotted the primitive homemade unmanned aerial vehicle opened fire, prompting its unidentified operators to pull it back over the border and back into Gaza.
“During the morning hours, a kite with a camera was spotted as it crossed the border from Gaza into Israel,” said an IDF spokesperson. “IDF forces fired into the air, and the kite and its owners left the area.”
It is not yet known who was operating the primitive spy device, but the kite was pulled back into a vehicle just inside the border in Gaza, which then traveled in the direction of Beit Hanoun, military sources said.
Last week Gaza terrorists fired two rocket attacks at southern Israel, one exploding on a road in a residential area in the town of Sderot, and the second in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council district.
Israeli Defense Forces retaliated in response to both attacks with air strikes and artillery fire aimed at terrorist targets in Gaza.