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Israel Says It Foiled a Smuggling Attempt of Reconnaissance Drones to Gaza Strip

File photo: An Israeli soldier during clashes with Palestinians (dpa)
File photo: An Israeli soldier during clashes with Palestinians (dpa)
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Israel Says It Foiled a Smuggling Attempt of Reconnaissance Drones to Gaza Strip

File photo: An Israeli soldier during clashes with Palestinians (dpa)
File photo: An Israeli soldier during clashes with Palestinians (dpa)

The Israeli defense ministry said on Wednesday that security personnel have thwarted an attempt to smuggle ten small drones into the Gaza Strip, the Arab News Agency (ANA) reported.

In a statement, the Ministry said its “security personnel thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10 reconnaissance drones into the Gaza Strip at the Erez Crossing.”

It added that the "drones are suspected to have been intended for reconnaissance purposes by terrorist groups operating within the Gaza Strip.”

According to the statement, the drones were perfectly hidden inside a suitcase and put on a vehicle bound to the Gaza Strip.

It added that the drones were intended to reach Palestinian organizations for the purpose of gathering information.

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Blinken Says US Does Not Want Escalation on Israel's Northern Border

Israeli officials respond after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services, people were killed, at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
Israeli officials respond after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services, people were killed, at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
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Blinken Says US Does Not Want Escalation on Israel's Northern Border

Israeli officials respond after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services, people were killed, at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
Israeli officials respond after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services, people were killed, at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday he does not want to see an escalation of conflict on Israel's northern border after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Israel said on Sunday it would strike hard against the Iran-backed group after the incident. Blinken said the US was in talks with Israel about the incident and the indications were that Lebanon-based Hezbollah fired the rocket.

Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the attack.

"I emphasize (Israel's) right to defend its citizens and our determination to make sure that they're able to do that," Blinken said during a news conference in Tokyo. "But we also don't want to see the conflict escalate. We don't want to see it spread."

Blinken said he was saddened by the loss of life and said reaching a ceasefire deal on the war in Gaza can help to calm the situation on Israel's border with Lebanon, Reuters reported.

"It's so important that we help defuse that conflict, not only prevent it from escalating, prevent it from spreading, but to defuse it because you have so many people in both countries, in both Israel and Lebanon, who've been displaced from their homes," Blinken said.