Fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah have intercepted and shot down an Israeli drone, which was hovering over the southern part of Lebanon in violation of the Arab country’s sovereignty.
Hezbollah said in a brief statement carried by Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Manar television network that it downed an Israeli drone that had entered the Lebanese skies on Monday afternoon.
The statement added the Israeli aircraft was brought down as it was flying over Wadi Aaziyyeh area close to Zibqine town, located 103 kilometers (64 miles) south of the capital Beirut and four kilometers (2.4 miles) from the border with the Israeli-occupied territories.
In September 2021, Hezbollah said it had separately intercepted and struck an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle as it crossed into Lebanon’s airspace over Maryamin Valley on the outskirts of the southern town of Yater.
