UAV was monitored throughout entire incident, army says

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) downed a drone crossing into the Israeli airspace from Lebanon, the army said on Friday.

The unmanned aerial vehicle had been monitored throughout the entire incident.

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"The IDF will continue to operate in order to prevent any attempt to violate Israeli sovereignty," the IDF added.

Tensions have been running high in Israel's north since summer, when the Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Shi'ite terror group, accused the IDF of killing its operative in an airstrike in Syria. Read more at i24