Israel stated it had shot down three drones headed from Lebanon
towards one in every of its Mediterranean fuel rigs on Saturday and accused
the Hezbollah group of launching them, Development stories citing Reuters.
Israel stated it had shot down three drones headed from Lebanon
towards one in every of its Mediterranean fuel rigs on Saturday and accused
the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group of launching them.
There was no instant response from Lebanon to the Israeli
allegation, which got here amid tensions between the nations over the
location of the Karish rig and long-standing however so-far fruitless
U.S.-mediated efforts to agree on a maritime border.
The Israeli army stated its forces had intercepted “three
hostile UAVs which approached the airspace over Israel’s financial
waters”.
An Israeli safety supply stated the drones had been unarmed,
though this was not instantly confirmed by the army.
Defence Minister Benny Gantz accused Hezbollah of being behind
the launch, saying in a press release that it was “stopping the state
of Lebanon from reaching an settlement relating to maritime borders,
that are vital to the economic system and prosperity of the Lebanese
nation”.
