Hezbollah intercepts Israeli drones violating Lebanese airspace

Hezbollah has intercepted and targeted two Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles, which crossed into Lebanon's airspace near the border village of Blida in the south of the West Asian country, the resistance movement said.

According to Tasnim News Agency, Hezbollah said in a brief statement carried by Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Manar television network that it had intercepted an Israeli drone that had entered the Lebanese skies at 22:40 p.m. local time (2040 GMT) on Monday.

The aircraft was targeted with “appropriate weapons,” according to the statement, which was followed by Israeli forces firing flares in the area.

“Another drone that had also trespassed the Lebanese airspace in the same area on Monday afternoon, was confronted with appropriate weapons and forced to retreat to occupied Palestinian territories,” the Hezbollah statement added.

Additionally, the Lebanese army fired at an Israeli drone flying over an army post in Meiss Ej Jabal village of the country’s southern Marjeyoun district.

Israeli forces fired flares at the border with Lebanon, but no injuries were reported, according to witnesses.

Lebanon’s armed forces have fired a missile at an Israeli drone as the aircraft violated the Lebanese airspace.

Israeli drones frequently violate Lebanon’s airspace on spying missions.

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