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Israeli drone crashes in the West Bank

June 29, 2017 at 5:33 pm

An Israeli military spokesman announced that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

“A drone [unmanned aerial vehicle] fell in the Bethlehem area,” said Avichai Adarai, a spokesman for the Israeli army, in a written statement sent to the Anadolu Agency.

He did not explain why the plane was flying in the area.

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An Israeli military source said: “There is no fear of information leaking out [following the crash].”

Israel uses drones to monitor the movements of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and to commit attacks against them.