Brigadier General Farhat: Anonymous Drone Confuses Enemy, Will Affect Ongoing “Israeli”-US Maneuvers

Latifa al-Husseini

A drone infiltrating the airspace of occupied Palestine last Sunday is now "Israel's" talk of the town.

For some days, the "Israeli" press has been busy determining the location where the drone was launched, as well as "the drone's confusing infiltration" into occupied Palestine.
Regarding this incident, retired Lebanese-Army Brigadier General Elias Farhat offered military analysis to al-Intiqad online newspaper, "Most probably, whatever side launching the drone obtained a big and rich group of photographs of several regions, above which the drone flew for half an hour, also of some "Israeli" military sites. I do believe so, especially when the drone flew 57 km above the heart of occupied Palestine, also because the drone reached the region lying between the West Bank and the 1948 Lands, where it was downed."
"This incident is quite significant," Farhat considered, "since the drone actually flew at low speed in occupied Palestine's airspace. This represented a complex for the defense air forces, especially when the drone almost reached "Dimona Nuclear Plant"."

"This kind of drone is used on surveillance or missile-launching missions, sometimes on both missions simultaneously," added Farhat.
He further went on to say "It can also carry a missile supply and directly strike targets, and this makes it outstanding. In fact, it is similar to the drones used in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the north of Iraq."

The retired brigadier general now ascertained, "The infiltration made has absolutely altered the Zionist entity's military and strategic calculations.
The use of such drones is eventually going to affect the maneuvers Tel Aviv and Washington are conducting in occupied Palestine. All military calculations and war schemes are going to be affected as well."

Farhat then iterated, "Though the enemy hasn't so far determined the side launching the drone, any potential military scheme against Iran will certainly be postponed and reconsidered; now the enemy believes the regional resistance forces have developed their capabilities, especially when any regional war breaking out will mainly depend on drones."

Finally, Farhat marked "the significance of launching the drone amid the stern "Israeli"-US threats against Iran and the Lebanese resistance, also amid the regional repercussions of the Syrian crisis."

Source: al-Intiqad, translated and edited by moqawama.org