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Saturday, July 27, 2024
IDF: Drone from Lebanon shot down by Navy over Israel’s territorial waters
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A drone launched from Lebanon was shot down a short while ago by an Israeli Navy missile boat, the military says.
The drone was intercepted over Israel’s territorial waters.
It is unclear what the drone was attempting to target. In the past, Hezbollah has attempted to attack offshore infrastructure at the Karish gas field.
No sirens sounded amid the incident as no communities were threatened.
Hezbollah has launched more than 300 drones at Israel amid the ongoing fighting, most of them packed with explosives but some also for surveillance purposes.
לפני זמן קצר ספינת טילים משייטת 3 של זרוע הים בשיתוף חיל האוויר, יירטה בהצלחה כלי טיס בלתי מאויש שעשה את דרכו מכיוון לבנון במרחב המים הכלכליים של ישראל pic.twitter.com/vVCpR34H1D
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 27, 2024
