BEIRUT — Lebanon’s paramilitary group Hezbollah announced Monday the downing of an Israeli drone that entered Lebanese airspace in the south.
The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar channel reported that fighters of the group shot down the drone with “appropriate weapons” near the southern village of Zibqine, without providing more details.
In a statement, Israel's military acknowledged that one of its drones crashed in Lebanese territory during “routine activity,” adding that there was no risk of any data being taken from the drone.
Israel and Lebanon remain technically at war. However, the two countries’ armies have not engaged in direct confrontation since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000.
