Hamas says it has seized Israeli drone in Gaza

Palestinian group says K1 Orbiter drone was on ‘hostile reconnaissance mission’ in airspace of Gaza

By Muhammad Abu Don

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - The Palestinian Hamas group on Tuesday said that it has seized an Israeli drone in Gaza.

This was announced in a brief statement by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the movement.

The statement said that the Qassam Brigades seize a K1 Orbiter drone on Monday while it was on “a hostile reconnaissance mission in the airspace of eastern Gaza."

On Monday, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said a drone of the domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet, crashed in Gaza during “operational activity.”

The Israeli Channel 14 said that the drone crashed in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, "as a result of a technical malfunction and not for a hostile reason."

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat

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