Israel said on Friday that the Iranian drone that was shot down after infiltrating its airspace was armed with explosives.
The military added that the aircraft was on a mission to attack Israel.
Following an "operational and intelligence-based investigation" the military concludes that the "Iranian aircraft was armed with explosives and was tasked to attack Israeli territory,” the army stated.
It said it prevented an attack on Israeli territory in February when it intercepted the aircraft.
The statement comes after Iran, a strong ally of Syria, this week threatened to respond to an airstrike on a Syrian military base that the Syrian regime, Russia and Iran blamed on Israel.
Lebanon's Iran-backed group “Hezbollah” earlier said that Israel had made a "historic mistake" with the strike.
The Iranian drone was downed on February 10 by an Israeli Apache helicopter. It had been sighted taking off from a base in Syria and was intercepted after it crossed into Israeli territory.
Israeli planes then struck an Iranian installation in Syria from which, the Israeli military said, the unmanned aircraft had been operated.
An F-16, one of at least eight Israeli planes that had been dispatched, was hit by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile and crashed in northern Israel.
