The IDF took out another Hamas drone over Ashkelon which is around 4 miles north of Gaza:
YNET – For the second time during Operation Protective Edge, a Patriot missile defense battery intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) coming from the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening.
Hamas’ military wing claimed responsibility for launching the Ababil 1 UAV, that was shot down over Ashkelon. The organization said that it intended to attack a target deep in Israel.
On Monday, the Patriot missile defense battery executed its first interception since the early 1990s when it felled a UAV, launched by Hamas, over the skies of Ashdod.
It’s past time to get this ground invasion going to demilitarize Hamas.