{"id":1392078,"date":"2022-03-21T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392078"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:15:01","slug":"israeli-officials-iranian-drones-shot-down-by-u-s-were-heading-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-officials-iranian-drones-shot-down-by-u-s-were-heading-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Officials: Iranian Drones Shot Down by U.S. Were Heading for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-officials-iranian-drones-shot-down-by-u-s-were-heading-for-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq last month by U.S. fighter jets were bound for targets in Israel, defense officials said Monday after a gag order was lifted.<\/p>\n<p>The incident on February 14, came as Israeli security officials feared reprisal from Iran over Israeli attacks on Iranian targets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Days later, Israel allegedly targeted a drone warehouse at an Iranian airbase in Kermanshah, destroying hundreds of drones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards retaliated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/03\/13\/watch-iran-fires-ballistic-missiles-at-secret-israeli-bases-in-iraq-warns-of-harsher-response\/\">launching a dozen missiles<\/a> on what they called \u201cstrategic Israeli bases\u201d in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15450277\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/01\/AP_21015355057980.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this photo released on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard\/Sepahnews via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. warplanes were said to have shot down Shahed-136s drones. Israel has warned against drone wars in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Israel Defense Forces announced that last March, two Iranian drones carrying \u00a0firearms and ammunition were shot down Israeli fighter jets en route to the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<em> Haaretz<\/em> daily, Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-officials-iranian-drones-downed-over-iraq-were-headed-to-strike-israeli-targets-1.10687775\">believes<\/a> the incident was part of an attempt to establish an airborne smuggling infrastructure from Iran to the Hamas-ruling Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq last month by U.S. fighter jets were bound for targets in Israel, defense officials said Monday after a gag order was lifted. 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