Drones have been used by Iranian terrorist proxies to attack Israeli targets – but in this case, the mission was different.

Israeli ground forces took control of Gaza’s border with Egypt in late May. At the time, the IDF described the 9-mile Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the frontier, as Hamas’s “lifeline,” through which the terrorist organization smuggled weapons and supplies into Gaza.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it shot down a drone that was carrying weapons and crossed from Egypt to Israel.

The IDF announced it had shot down a drone spotted crossing the Egyptian border into Israeli territory on Wednesday. Troops from the Caracal Battalion shot down the drone. Troops arrived at the location and found four guns,