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\u201cAt around 17:10 p.m. local time (1410 GMT), a drone belonging to the Israeli enemy penetrated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Ayta al-Sha\u2019b,\u201d Lebanon\u2019s official National News Agency cited a statement released by Lebanon\u2019s army on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n

It added, \u201cThe drone was shot down by members of one of the army posts 200 meters away from the Blue Line,\u201d which separates Lebanon from the Israeli-occupied territories.<\/p>\n\n

Israel\u2019s military, meanwhile, alleged that one of its drones had fallen inside Lebanon during \u201coperational activity\u201d along the frontier.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere is no risk of breach of information,\u201d an unnamed Israeli army spokesman said, offering no further details.<\/p>\n\n

On August 23, the Hezbollah resistance movement said in a statement that it had shot down an Israeli drone near the border town of Ayta al-Sha\u2019b, and was in possession of the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n


\nLebanon's government, Hezbollah and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have repeatedly condemned Israel\u2019s overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the country's sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

The resolution, which brokered a ceasefire in the war Israel launched against Lebanon in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Beirut's sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Tensions have been running high between Israel and Hezbollah since July 20, when Tel Aviv killed Hezbollah member Ali Kamel Mohsen in an airstrike on Syria.<\/p>\n\n

The Israeli military has placed its forces near the Lebanese and Syrian borders on high alert after Hezbollah promised retaliation.<\/p>\n\n

Israeli forces shelled the Lebanese village of Habaria on July 27 to stop an alleged Hezbollah offensive, but the Lebanese movement dismissed the allegation, calling it the result of tension and confusion among Israeli forces.<\/p>\n\n

After the incident, UNIFIL pledged to undertake an investigation into what happened.<\/p>\n\n

But a diplomatic source said \u201cthere were no conclusive findings and nothing really happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Last month, a leading US news website said the recent developments have \u201cshed light on Israel\u2019s impossible situation\u201d along the Lebanese border.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-09-11 18:09:25","content_date_finish":"2020-09-11 18:09:25","content_date_register":"2020-09-11 18:13:48","content_date_last_edit":"2020-09-11 18:13:48","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":"23870","tag_word":"Israeli aircraft,Israeli aircraft,Israeli aircraft,Israeli aircraft,Ayta alSha\u2019b,Ayta alSha\u2019b,Ayta alSha\u2019b,Ayta alSha\u2019b,Lebanon,Lebanon,Lebanon,Lebanon,Israeli,Israeli,Israeli,Israeli","tag_service":"0","tag_total":"2","tag_soundex":"","attach_token":"1284271632","attach_date_register":"2020-09-11 18:13:43","attach_id":"10046","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"274","attach_img_height":"184","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"544","visit_date_last":"2024-11-24 08:39:20","attach_title":"Lebanese army intercepts, shoots down intruding Israeli reconnaissance drone\n 2","node_title":"Favorite,Important,Lebanon,News","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":118, \"left\":47, \"right\":48},{\"node_id\":125, \"left\":62, \"right\":63},{\"node_id\":126, \"left\":64, \"right\":65}]","node_number":"16","allowable_node":"16"}]]