After many months in which the Israeli Air Force’s advanced observation balloon, “Sky Dew,” was grounded due to a tear in the balloon that led to an air escape, on Saturday the balloon took to the sky for the first time after components ordered from the US arrived in the country as part of the security assistance to Israel during the war.
The balloon, which contains an advanced radar device that enables the detection of air threats such as aircrafts, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, has never carried out any operational activity and it will take some more time until it enters into operation on behalf of the Air Force during one of the most complex security periods that the State of Israel has known since its founding.
The soldiers of the Egoz unit of the Commando Brigade operated today in the Khan Younis area, eliminating terrorists, raiding and attacking terror targets and military supplies in civilian buildings. In a terrorist infrastructure set up in a civilian house, Egoz soldiers found many military supplies, grenades, weapons, cartridges and vests used by the terrorists of Hamas.
In the north, sirens were heard on Saturday in more than 94 communities, due to rocket barrage. Several falls were recorded in open areas in the Mount Meron area. The IDF returned fire, eliminating the terrorist squad and the launch post.
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