The drone, fired from Yemen, was reportedly picked up by Israeli radar but not identified as a hostile target
But an initial investigation by the Israeli air force found that the large, long-range attack drone had been picked up on radars, and only was not engaged by air defences due to a “human error”.
Meanwhile, Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant appeared to indicate that Israel would respond to the strike – something it has not done directly to previous attacks from Yemen, instead leaving military action there to the US and UK. “In this case, showed up on the radar and was just ignored due to some human decision and wasn’t suspected of being a hostile target,” he added. “It’s a very complicated and sensitive system that’s not automatic – there are people that have to try and work out what the target is”.
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