 The pilots ejected safely and there were no casualties on the ground.On 7 and 13 August 2006, Israeli F-16C, serial 364 and F-16D, serial 074, shot down two or three Hezbollah-operated Ababil-3 UAVs during the war using Python-5 missiles.Israeli Defence Force F-16s were used in attacks in the Gaza strip in December 2008.