The censorship announcement from yesterday (Wednesday), according to which there is no longer any impediment to announcing that the IDF uses unmanned aerial vehicles, came as a surprise to the Israeli defense industries that manufacture the aircraft.
The companies, which are closely monitored by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Defense (MLMB), have been given unequivocal instructions not to comment and that “there is no change in policy.” A source in the defense industry said: “The censorship announcement surprised us. “Shortly after the announcement, they contacted us from the MLMB, India which the message caught them by surprise and told us that we are not allowed to talk about the armed aircraft we manufacture.”
The source added that there should have been a preliminary coordination between the censorship and the MLMB. This was after years in which it was forbidden to publish that the IDF uses armed UAVs to carry out missions of targeted attacks and assassinations from the air.
Yesterday, the military censor announced that after the staff’s work, it was found that there was no impediment to publishing the IDF’s use of valid drones as part of its operational activities. This is because this will not lead to damage to operational capabilities or the IDF’s operational method.
In the evening news here 11 it was reported yesterday that among the most famous assassinations in recent years using unmanned aircraft – apart from Operation Wall Guard in Gaza where anti-tank squads and rocket launchers were attacked – one can detail the assassination of Ahmad Jabari, the commander of Hamas’ military wing The abduction of Gilad Shalit, who was assassinated in early 2012. Another assassination is that of Jihad Mourniyeh, the son of senior Hezbollah figure Imad Mourniyeh, who was assassinated in Syria in 2015.
From the assassination of the commander of Hamas’ military wing to the targeted assassination of the son of a senior Hezbollah figure: @ItayBlumental With the role of the IDF’s attacking UAVs in operational activities – after the censorship allowed it to be published #Evening News pic.twitter.com/Nv8A5NQ29V
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