Drone that crashed in Nahariya came from Iraq undetected: Report
Earlier, we reported how an explosives-laden drone crashed in an industrial area in northern Israel’s Nahariya, hitting a factory producing aircraft components.
The Israeli military confirmed the attack but did not give any origin for it. The army now believes the drone came from Iraq, rather than Lebanon, and managed to evade radar and air defences, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has been regularly launching drones at Israel during the war on Gaza. This month, the umbrella group of Iran-aligned forces killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded 24 when one of its drones hit a military base in the occupied Golan Heights.
Non-stop drone sirens sound in northern Israel: Reports
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that sirens are still sounding. The Israeli military says the sirens were triggered following the “identification of a number of suspicious aerial targets that crossed from Lebanon”. It says the targets are being “monitored” by the Israeli Air Force, and the incident is still “developing”.
Israeli military says it intercepted a drone, incident ongoing
Following the sirens that have been sounding in northern Israel, the military says the air force intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle and received reports of two “fallen targets”.
Hezbollah drone attack on northern Israel ‘a show of force'
The Israeli army says the incident has now been concluded and it intercepted three drones that were launched from Lebanon. Two others were not intercepted and that’s why there were reports of a huge explosion in the area of Hedera near Haifa. Israeli army sources say two people were injured while they were running to a shelter.
There was this recognition that some of those drones were not successfully intercepted, and the Israeli army has even described them, saying the speed with which they were flying was unprecedented. It was a show of force by Hezbollah at a time when Lebanon had been pounded by Israeli bombardment for several weeks.
This is a strong message that claims by Israel that it has weakened Hezbollah and destroyed it in a major way are false. Hezbollah is still resisting.
