Israel sends armed drones over border to curb Islamic Jihad threat
The escalation comes after the IDF arrested one of their senior leaders in the West Bank.
The Israel Defense Forces has been on high alert in the country's south for the past three days.
In response to Intelligence reports that the Islamic Jihad movement is planning to fire anti-tank missiles or rockets at Israel, the IDF announced early on the morning of Aug. 2 that it was blocking traffic on roads surrounding the Gaza Strip and halting train service from Ashkelon southward.
This morning, Aug. 4, the IDF announced that it was flying armed drones over the Gaza Strip in order to locate Islamic Jihad operatives with missiles that endanger civilian vehicles and buildings near the Gaza Strip.
Tensions in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip began Aug. 1, after the IDF arrested Bassem Saadi in the West Bank. Saadi is a member of the Islamic Jihad’s senior leadership and the movement’s ultimate authority in the West Bank.
