Tension high as Tel Aviv downs ‘Hezbollah drone’

The Israeli Air Force yesterday shot down an unmanned aircraft from Lebanon off the northern coast of Israel in an incident described by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “extremely grave.”
It was the second such incident in less than seven months, and Israel’s deputy defense minister putting the blame squarely on Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement which had said it was behind a previous drone infiltration on Oct. 7.
Hezbollah, however, denied it sent a drone into Israeli airspace.
“Hezbollah denies that it has sent any surveillance plane toward the occupied Palestinian land,” a statement by the armed group said.