IAF fighter jets scramble over northern Israel

Suspicion that unmanned drones penetrated Israeli airspace not confirmed; second such incident in a week

Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File)Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File

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Three Israel Air Force jets were scrambled Saturday to intercept unidentified aerial objects amid suspicion these were unmanned drones that penetrated Israeli airspace.

Two of the jets were called to the northern region of the country while a third made its sortie from the Tel Nof Air Force base to the Haifa region, Channel 2 reported.