(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121006-israel-drone-1p.photoblog600.jpg)Israeli Defense Forces via APThe downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel on Saturday as seen in a video provided by the Israeli military. JERUSALEM — The Israeli air force shot down a drone after it crossed into southern Israel on Saturday, the military said, but it remained unclear where the aircraft had come from.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) The drone was first spotted above the Mediterranean in the area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the west of Israel, said military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich.
It was kept under surveillance and followed by Israeli air force jets before it was shot down above a forest in an unpopulated area near the border with the occupied West Bank.
Leibovich said it was shot down at about 10 a.m. (3 a.m. ET), after it travelled east some 55 kilometers (35 miles) across Israel's southern Negev desert.
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