 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore mana akatevera Dambudziko reSuez, mishoni dzinodzokororwa dzeU-2 pamusoro peMiddle East dzakatangwa, zvikurukuru munguva dzokukakavadzana. Kuguma kwedambudziko reLebanon ra1958akaona kuderera muU-2 mabasa, kunyange zvazvo Detachment B U-2s kushanda kubva Turkey achiri dzimwe nguva akabhururuka kuMiddle East pamwe neapo mishoni pamusoro Albania kuongorora Soviet chombo basa. Israeri yakanga iri chinangwa chikuru cheU-2 mishoni munguva iyi, neU-2 mishoni yekuona kuvakwa kweNegev Nuclear Research Center muna 1958, kutanga kuunza chirongwa cheIsrael chenyukireya kuUnited States. Kubhururuka kwakakwezva ngwariro yeIsrael Air Force. Zviratidziro zvaro zvakaratidzira ndokutevera kufamba-famba, uye panhambo dzakawanda, ndege dzehondo dzechiIsraeri dzakakwenenzverwa kudzidzivirira asi dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kudzisvika nemhaka yokukwirira kwazvo. Hurumende yeIsrael yakavhiringidzwa nokufamba kwacho. Zvisinei, vatyairi vendege vanorwisa veIsrael vakakwanisa kuona ndege yaipinda nechisimba kaviri. Pana 11 March 1959, vaviri veIsrael Super Mystere varwi vakatungamirirwa kuti vadzivise U-2 yakaonekwa pamusoro peIsrael neIsrael ground-based radar. Kunyange zvazvo ndege dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kudzirwisa, mutungamiriri wezvikwata, Major Yosef Alon, akakwanisa kunyatsoona ndege yacho. Gare gare akachizivisa mubhuku seU-2, yakanyoreswa seendege yokuongorora mamiriro okunze kuU.S. Weather Service. Musi waJuly 22, 1959, pashure pokucherechedza kuti ndege yakanga ichifamba, ndege yeIsrael Air Force Vautour yakaendeswa kunotora mifananidzo yendege isinganzwisisiki. Vautour akasvika munharaunda yokuona uye U-2 yakabudirira kutorwa mifananidzo. Pasinei zvapo naikoku, kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira muna 1960 kupfurwa pasi kweU-2 pamusoro peSoviet Union nokuziviswa kwayo kwapachena kwakatevera se ndege yespio kuti hurumende yeIsrael yakanzwisisa chiratidzo chendege isinganzwisisiki. 