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"Two weeks ago, Israel boasted of shooting down an Hamas drone. Now, it's Hamas' turn to try to score some propaganda points by showing off what looks like a downed Israeli drone.\nThe Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' militant wing, released a new video on Monday in which a masked militant holds what appears to be a damaged Israeli reconnaissance drone they claim was shot down in Gaza, according to Storyful. \nSee also: Are the Hamas Drones Real?\n\nIt was not possible to verify whether this was an Israeli drone or whether indeed it had been shut down by Hamas militants. \nThe Israel Defense Forces told Mashable that they have no reports of any of their surveillance drones being shot down or crashing in Gaza. \nAnd while the drone does look like a Skylark, a small unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Israeli firm Elbit Systems, aviation expert and blogger David Cenciotti is not convinced Hamas could have shot it down. \n\nThe Skylark, a small reconnaissance UAV manufactured by Elbit Systems.Image:  Wikimedia Commons\"Shooting down such a small drone it's anything but simple: these are really small objects with a small thermal signature and extremely silent,\" he told Mashable via email. \"Shooting them down it's not impossible, but it's hard.\"\nThe drone could have simply crashed, he added. And this wouldn't be the first time. In November, an Israeli Skylark drone crashed in Gaza due to \"technical issues,\" the IDF said at the time. The drone in the new video could be footage of that drone, with Hamas trying to score propaganda points by pretending to have shot it down. \nThe drone war between Hamas and Israel is playing out against a bloody conflict on the ground. The Israeli military has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the last three weeks, according to Palestinian health officials. During the same period, 44 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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