Bomb-laden drone sparks fire near Lebanon border — IDF

An explosives-laden drone crashed into scrubland in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, sparking a bushfire, the Israel Defense Forces says.

Firefighters are attempting to douse the flames near Manara in the Galilee panhandle after the attack, which did not trigger warning sirens.

Sirens did sound in the border towns of Arab al-Aramshe and Hanita in the Western Galilee, where the IDF says troops successfully shot down a drone that infiltrated from Lebanon.

Hezbollah says it targeted soldiers in Manara with “appropriate weapons.” It does not claim the attack near Hanita.

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