IDF forces identified and thwarted a smuggling attempt from Egypt into Israel overnight on Tuesday, the IDF said in a statement on Wednesday.
A drone was spotted and shot down by the IDF, which found that the drone was carrying 13 weapons and ammunition.
The confiscated the weapons and transferred them to security forces to handle.
Not the first time
In November 2024, the Israeli military said that it show down a drone that was carrying weapons and crossed from Egypt to Israel.
In two separate incidents in October 2024, Israel also said it downed two drones smuggling weapons from Egyptian territory.
Israel officials then said that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas used tunnels running under the border into Egypt's Sinai region to smuggle arms.
However, Egypt said it destroyed tunnel networks leading to Gaza years ago and created a buffer zone and border fortifications that prevent smuggling.