Yet, after the missile strike and four other air attacks in Gaza on Monday prompted unusual criticism from within Israel, the air force took the rare step on Tuesday of showing reporters parts of a videotape it said had been taken by a drone flying above the street.
In addition to the US-led air strikes around Kobane, three other coalition air attacks were carried out in Syria and four in Iraq over Monday and Tuesday, the US said; Dutch F-16s took part in their first air strikes on IS in Iraq.
Next door in Syria, rebel forces have withstood three years of air attacks by the Syrian Air Force, and the situation is still a stalemate.
In the nine hours of air attacks that began Friday night and ended at dawn on Saturday, there were more than 100 separate strikes.
After little more than two weeks of western air attacks, it may seem premature to be asking such a question.
Instead, he surmised, those who had not been killed in the previous two weeks of lethal air attacks had abandoned their weapons and melted back into the countryside or cities.
The six ships returned to Alexandria around 11 00 on 20 July after fending off several air attacks (one of which damaged Havock), and were met by cheering from all ships in the harbour.
In battles around the island, German air attacks sank three light cruisers and six destroyers of the British Mediterranean fleet and damaged three battleships, one aircraft carrier, six light cruisers, and five destroyers.
On Friday France sent two air force jets to attack Isis positions in northern Iraq, but Paris insisted it would not authorise operations inside Syria.
The government claims that five separate raids, including air attacks on December 17th against an alleged training camp in Abyan province and others on December 22nd and 24th that targeted jihadist conclaves in Shabwa province, have killed at least 60 fighters.
