Latest: Hezbollah Claims It Downed an Israeli Drone in Southern Lebanon

Lebanon’s Hezbollah downed an Israeli unmanned aircraft outside the southern town of Ramyah, the movement’s Al-Manar TV said early on Monday.

The Israeli drone is now in the hands of Hezbollah’s fighters, the Iran-backed group added in a statement.

Hezbollah and the Israeli army exchanged cross-border fire earlier this month after a drone attack last week in a Hezbollah-controlled Beirut suburb.

Hezbollah blamed that incident on Israel, raising fears of a wider regional conflict.

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