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Israel bombs Lebanon to destroy own downed drone – reports

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FILE PHOTO: An Israeli drone (Reuters / Ronen Zvulun)

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli drone (Reuters / Ronen Zvulun)

A blast has been reported near the town of Saghbein in a remote area of Lebanon’s western Bekaa, sources told agencies. Hezbollah-run Al Manar TV said, an Israeli drone was downed in the area and the airstrike was Israel’s attempt to destroy it.

A Lebanese security source told Reuters that the cause of the blast “is still not 100 percent clear but most probably it was an Israeli airstrike to destroy their drone.”


No comment has so far been issued by Israeli authorities.
Last year, Israel remotely detonated a surveillance device in Lebanon, the blast killing one member of Hezbollah. The device was concealed to look like a rock, but was nevertheless discovered, which prompted the demolition. The group responded by blowing up a bomb near the Israeli border, wounding two soldiers.

Israel is believed to have delivered several air strikes in neighboring Syria since the start of the civil conflict there. Those mostly targeted weaponry that Israeli sources said were destined for Lebanon’s Shiite militia Hezbollah. Hezbollah and Israel fought a 34-day war in 2006 in which hundreds of people were killed.

Iran Says Purported Israeli Drone Came From North

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TEHRAN, Iran — Aug 27, 2014,

An Iranian general said Wednesday that a purported Israeli drone shot down near a nuclear facility in the Islamic Republic flew in from a northern country that once was part of 13930603000323_PhotoIthe Soviet Union. report by associated press

The semi-official Fars news agency, close to the Revolutionary Guard, quoted Gen. Masoud Jazayeri making the allegation. It reported that Jazayeri, the deputy chief of staff in Iran’s armed forces, said the country must make “compensatory actions” or else be publicly named.

There are three former Soviet republics immediately north of Iran: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Iran in the past had criticized Azerbaijan for its close ties with Israel and the country does operate drones like the one Iran said it shot down.

On Sunday, Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said it shot down the purported Israeli drone near the country’s uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, some 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital, Tehran. State television aired footage of the purported drone Monday and identified it as a Hermes 450 drone, which is manufactured in Israel.

Israeli officials have not commented on the incident.

Questions immediately arose about the drone after Sunday’s announcement, including how the aircraft could have flown all the way into Iran from Israel. It could have made the trip from one of Iran’s northern neighbors, however.

Fars quoted Jazayeri as saying Iran’s response will not be limited to shooting down the drone.

“We will respond to the enemy in the occupied lands,” he said, without elaborating.

Iran does not recognize Israel and supports militant groups like Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which both have fought wars against Israel.

Azerbaijani drone downed in Nagorno-Karabakh – report

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droneAn Azerbaijani drone was downed by Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a source told Hetq.am. The drone reportedly fell to a neutral zone between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.

The Armenian side is now searching for the drone.

NKR Defense Army spokesman Senor Hasratyan neither confirmed nor refuted the report when contacted by Hetq.am.

 

Source: Panora