IDF Fires on Civilian Plane After Mistaking It for Hostile Drone over West Bank Town
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MAJOR MISTAKE: IDF Troops Opened Fire On Civilian Airliner Near Ben Gurion Flight Path
The IDF has launched an investigation into an unusual incident in which troops apparently opened fire on what they believed was a drone over the Binyamin region, only to later discover it may have been a civilian passenger aircraft approaching Ben Gurion Airport. The incident began after residents of Beit El reported seeing several unidentified […]
The settlers give the alarm, but fortunately the IDF missed the shot. A few hours earlier, the route of the planes arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv was st...
IDF fires on civilian plane after mistaking it for hostile drone over West Bank town
Authorities later determined that the landing route at Ben-Gurion Airport had been diverted eastward, which meant that planes preparing to land in Tel Aviv passed closer than usual to Beit El.
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