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HR Prompts Telegraph to Fix Iranian Drone Confusion

The Daily Telegraph‘s initial story on the Israeli interception of an Iranian drone and the subsequent downing of an Israeli F-16 made a real mess of the facts and the timeline. Israel sent a helicopter…

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The Daily Telegraph‘s initial story on the Israeli interception of an Iranian drone and the subsequent downing of an Israeli F-16 made a real mess of the facts and the timeline.

Israel sent a helicopter gunship, not an F-16 to intercept the drone. The downed F-16 was on a subsequent mission shortly afterwards to strike Iranian military targets in Syria.

Here’s a reminder of the timeline courtesy of the IDF:

 

Following a tweet and email to Telegraph editors, the text was amended to more accurately reflect events:

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