The military said the drone went down over Lebanese territory 'during operational activities' along the border
An Israeli self-propelled artillery gun is positioned near the Lebanese border on the outskirts of the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona on Sept. 1, 2019.Israel said a military drone crashed in southern Lebanon on Sunday as regional tensions ran high, days after a series of cross-border exchanges between Israel and Syria and the killing of a Hezbollah militant in an Israeli air strike near the Syrian capital.
Israel has beefed up its troop presence along the borders with Lebanon and Syria since Friday’s strikes on Syrian army positions. Israel says those strikes were in response to unspecified munitions fired on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The exchanges came after Monday’s air raid on Damascus – believed to have been carried out by Israel – that killed five foreign fighters, including a member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran.
Israel and Hezbollah fought to a draw in a month-long war in Lebanon in 2006. Hezbollah has previously vowed to respond to the killing of its forces in Syria. Israel has long considered Iran a regional nemesis because of its nuclear program – which Iran insists is for peaceful purposes only – as well as Iran’s military presence in Syria supporting President Bashar Assad, and its backing of armed groups like Hezbollah.
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