Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli base
The militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base
BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday, hours after Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded several others.
Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters struck the Hermes 900 Kochav drone, saying such aircraft have been targeting militants and civilian homes. The exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has been intensifying over the past weeks with Israel’s military push on Gaza's southern city of Rafah.
The Israeli military said a surface-to-air missile was fired toward a drone operating in Lebanese airspace, adding that it was hit and fell in Lebanese territory.
“The incident is under review,” the military said.
