SkyStriker loitering munition in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War

Direct proof of use

Drop Site News reported Israeli military use of SkyStriker loitering munitions in Gaza in April 2025, identifying multiple strike sites where SkyStriker remnants were visible in photographs or footage. Its report described strikes in Mawasi Khan Younis on April 17, April 19, and April 21, and in northern Gaza at Beit Lahia and Jabalia refugee camp on April 17.

Airwars independently records several April 2025 Gaza incidents in which alleged Israeli SkyStriker drone strikes hit tents or displaced-person shelters. Its incident assessments identify a night strike on the Asaliyeh family tent in Jabalia during April 16-17, a Beit Lahia strike near Kamal Adwan Hospital shortly after midnight on April 17, and a series of Al-Mawasi Khan Younis strikes from the evening of April 18 into dawn on April 19.

Sources: Drop Site SkyStriker Gaza Investigation, Airwars Jabalia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Beit Lahia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Al-Mawasi SkyStriker Incident

Timeline

The most concentrated public documentation used here is from mid-April 2025. Airwars dates the Jabalia incident to the night between April 16 and April 17, 2025, and records seven family members killed and at least 13 injured in an alleged Israeli SkyStriker drone strike.

Airwars dates the Beit Lahia incident to shortly after midnight on April 17, 2025, near Kamal Adwan Hospital, and records six members of the displaced al-Atal family killed. Drop Site News also reported an April 17 Beit Lahia SkyStriker strike and described visible drone remnants at the site.

In southern Gaza, Drop Site News reported SkyStriker strikes on tents in Mawasi Khan Younis on April 17, April 19, and April 21. Airwars separately assessed a series of alleged Israeli SkyStriker drone attacks in Al-Mawasi from the evening of April 18 into dawn on April 19.

Sources: Drop Site SkyStriker Gaza Investigation, Airwars Jabalia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Beit Lahia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Al-Mawasi SkyStriker Incident

Operational role

The supported conflict role is Israeli precision loitering strike in Gaza. Elbit Systems describes SkyStriker as an electrically powered loitering munition that can locate, acquire, and strike operator-designated targets with a 5 kg or 10 kg warhead. The Gaza incident sources identify the munition from field reporting, aftermath imagery, and Airwars assessments rather than from an official Israeli statement on each strike.

The sources support use in Gaza, specific April 2025 locations, and reported civilian-harm outcomes tied to the assessed incidents. They do not establish a complete inventory of SkyStriker sorties, launch units, target-selection process, or the exact subvariant used in each strike.

Sources: Elbit SkyStriker Product Page, Drop Site SkyStriker Gaza Investigation, Airwars Jabalia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Beit Lahia SkyStriker Incident, Airwars Al-Mawasi SkyStriker Incident