Lebanese army fires at Israeli drones

The Lebanese army opened fire on Israeli drones in south Lebanon Wednesday in a rare incident as tensions mount between the neighbours. This came days after Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, with which Israel has fought several wars, accused the Jewish state of carrying out a drone attack Sunday on its Beirut stronghold. The weekend incident sent tensions soaring, with Lebanon on Tuesday stressing its right to defend the country “by any means” after what it also describes as an attack. On Wednesday evening, the Lebanese army said it had fired at two of three drones in violation of its airspace, before all returned across the border. “A Lebanese army position in the district of Al-Adeesa in south Lebanon saw a drone and they fired at it, and it returned” to Israel, a military source told AFP.

 

Lebanese army fires at Israeli drones

The Lebanese army opened fire on Israeli drones in south Lebanon Wednesday in a rare incident as tensions mount between the neighbours. This came days after Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, with which Israel has fought several wars, accused the Jewish state of carrying out a drone attack Sunday on its Beirut stronghold. The weekend incident sent tensions soaring, with Lebanon on Tuesday stressing its right to defend the country by any means after what it also describes as an attack. On Wednesday evening, the Lebanese army said it had fired at two of three drones in violation of its airspace, before all returned across the border. A Lebanese army position in the district of Al-Adeesa in south Lebanon saw a drone and they fired at it, and it returned to Israel, a military source told AFP.