Israel: We Shot Down Drone

Says Hezbollah sent unmanned aircraft into Israeli airspace
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 25, 2013 9:11 AM CDT
Israel: We Shot Down Drone
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 file image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel.   (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces via AP video, File)

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent by Hezbollah into Israeli skies. Military officials said the aircraft was downed today off the Israeli coast in Israeli airspace near the northern city of Haifa. It is the second known instance in which the Lebanese militant group, a bitter Israeli enemy, has sent a drone into Israeli airspace. Last October, the Israeli air force shot down an unmanned aircraft in a similar incident. (More Israel stories.)

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