Israeli army says no drone has crashed in Lebanon
The Israeli army on Tuesday denied that any of its drones had crashed into Lebanon in the past week, after a reporter of Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV said an Israeli drone had crashed in the Lebanese region of al-Wazzani earlier in the day.
The al-Manar reporter also tweeted a picture of the small quadcopter.
“Despite the attempt of ‘Hezbollah’s flies’ to repeat lies, that does not make them real: over the past week, no Israeli army drone has crashed on the Lebanese border,” Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee meanwhile tweeted.
The conflicting reports come a day after the Israeli army said it brought down a small quadcopter drone likely belonging to Hezbollah after it crossed from southern Lebanon into Israel.
The incidents come around two weeks after Israel shot down three unarmed Hezbollah UAVs headed for the Karish offshore gas field. Hezbollah said those drones were on a “reconnaissance” mission aimed at delivering a “message” to Israel as to the sea border dispute with Lebanon.
Israel later revealed that it had shot down another Hezbollah drone on June 29 as it was still flying in Lebanon’s airspace.
Source: Naharnet
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