The Israeli occupation army said on Thursday that it had shot down a drone smuggling weapons from Egyptian territory to Israel on Wednesday.

The Israeli army said in a statement that the march was smuggling rifles and pistols that crossed from Egyptian territory into Israeli territory.

The army said in a statement on the X platform: “Last night, Israeli army forces repelled a drone that crossed from Egyptian territory into Israeli territory in the area of the Baran Brigade. The drone was shot down.”

The statement added that an Israeli army force found four rifles and a pistol after shooting down the drone. The weapons found were handed over to the security forces.

Israeli officials said during the war that Hamas used tunnels running under the border with Egypt's Sinai region to smuggle in smuggled weapons. Egypt says it destroyed the tunnel networks leading to Gaza years ago and created a buffer zone and border fortifications to prevent smuggling.