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Drones are cheap. Sacrificing one isn't a huge issue.
A 1 way flight can be twice as long.
A return flight can be tracked, and personnel are valuable.
These 3 are the main reasons. If they are striking a target in a low stakes situation, e.g. an abandoned tank, then a bomb and return is completely viable. Similar for a quick surveillance flight.
In this situation, it's likely to be spotted, and the spotters motivated to track it. It would have been a shoot and scoot launch, with nowhere to return to, rather than risk visitors, or artillery fire.