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Hezbollah claims to shoot down Israeli drone over southern Lebanon; IDF denies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hermes 450 drone comes in for a landing during a surprise exercise, 'Galilee Rose,' in February 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
Hezbollah claims to have shot down an Israeli military drone over southern Lebanon today.
In a statement, the terror group says that “in response to the criminal Israeli aggression that targeted dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut,” its operatives shot down an Elbit Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle this afternoon, over the Wadi Saluki area “using appropriate weapons.”
Known in the military as the Zik, the Hermes 450 UAV is used by the Israeli Air Force as a surveillance and attack drone.
The IDF says it is unaware of such an incident.
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