Israel occupation army says it intercepted drone in Lebanese airspace

The Israel occupation army announced on Monday that it had intercepted a drone over Lebanese airspace before it could penetrate Israeli territory, Anadolu has reported. According to an army statement, Israeli air defences intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” in the skies of Lebanon which did not enter Israel, and no air raid warnings were activated.

In related actions, the occupation army noted that its fighter jets struck an alleged Hezbollah military site in the Jabal Tourah area of southern Lebanon last night. “Additionally, fighter jets targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in Qabreikha, a military building in Tlaousa, and hostile structures in Houla and Aita al-Shaab,” claimed the army.

The fighter jets are also said to have struck a Hezbollah “weapons storage facility in the area of Qabrikha, a military structure in the area of Tallouseh, and Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the areas of Houla and Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon.”

Artillery rounds were also fired to remove a threat in a number of areas in southern Lebanon, it added. At the time of writing, Hezbollah had not commented on the Israeli army’s statement.

Tensions have soared along Lebanon’s border with Israel amid cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces as Tel Aviv presses ahead with its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 38,100 Palestinians, mainly children and women, since 7 October last year.

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