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  2. Elbit Hermes 450 - Wikipedia

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    In April 2008, amid Georgian and Russian spy plane shootdowns, three Elbit Hermes 450 were shot down by Russian forces, one by a Mig-29 and other two by ground fire. [7] The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated and showed the debris of two Herbil drones shot down on March 18 and April 20 with serial numbers 551 and 553 respectively. [8]

  3. Disappearance of Ron Arad - Wikipedia

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    A bomb dropped by their F-4 Phantom II apparently exploded prematurely, causing damage to the aircraft and forcing both crewmen to eject. Aviram was located by an Israeli Bell AH-1 Cobra a few hours later, and escaped by clinging to one of its landing skids as it flew away while under heavy enemy fire, but Arad was captured by the Lebanese Amal.

  4. Sky Dew - Wikipedia

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    Sky Dew blimp The Aerostat after being hit by Hezbollah. Sky Dew (Tal Shamayim in Hebrew (טל שמיים)), or High Availability Aerostat System (HAAS), is a high altitude missile defense aerostat used by Israel Defence Forces since 2022.

  5. Israel breaks up another Iran spy ring, security services say

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    In the new incident, an Israeli couple from the town of Lod near Tel Aviv were arrested for gathering intelligence about national infrastructure and security sites including the Mossad spy agency ...

  6. Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia

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    The Vautour came within visual range and the U-2 was successfully photographed. In spite of this, it was not until the 1960 shootdown of a U-2 over the Soviet Union and its subsequent public exposure as a spy plane that the Israeli government understood the identity of the mystery aircraft. [80] [81] [69]

  7. List of airliner shootdown incidents - Wikipedia

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    On July 24, 1950, LR-AAN, a Douglas C-47A-40-DL of Air Liban, was shot at by an Israeli Spitfire on a flight from Jerusalem to Beirut over the Israel-Lebanon border area. The plane landed safely despite substantial damage and was later repaired. Of the 28 occupants, 3 passengers were killed. [36]

  8. Catalina affair - Wikipedia

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    The second aircraft to be shot down was a Swedish Air Force Tp 47, a Catalina flying boat, involved in the search and rescue operation for the missing DC-3. The Catalina's crew of seven were saved. The Soviet Union publicly denied involvement until its dissolution in 1991. Both aircraft were located in 2003; the DC-3 was salvaged.

  9. 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike - Wikipedia

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    On 27 September 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. [1] [2] The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a headquarters located 60 feet (18 m) underground beneath residential buildings in Haret Hreik in the Dahieh suburb to the south of Beirut.