Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

The Israel Defense Forces say a drone has fallen in Syria during operational activity earlier today.

“There is no concern that information [from the UAV] was leaked,” it says.

The IDF, which doesn’t specify how the drone fell, adds that the incident is being investigated.

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