Israeli drone returns to the skies of Beirut
Residents of the Lebanese capital can hear the loud buzz of an Israeli drone this morning over their homes and businesses.
Though the exact model of the drone is unclear at this time, Israel typically sends the Hermes 9000, an armed, unmanned aerial vehicle capable of staying in the sky for long durations. It is produced by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
The presence of the drone comes two days after Israel carried out a series of strikes on Beirut for the fourth time since the ceasefire between it and Hezbollah went into effect last November. Lebanese authorities have termed the strikes as a violation of that ceasefire.
Israel has issued threats following those strikes, saying the capital will have no calm unless Hezbollah is disarmed.
Iran secures sensitive Israeli documents, including nuclear plans: State media
Iranian intelligence has reportedly secured “vast troves of strategic and sensitive” documents and information belonging to Israel, including “thousands of files” tied to the country’s nuclear infrastructure, state media outlet IRIB is reporting.
“The volume of the documents is such that merely reviewing them and analysing the accompanying images and videos requires a significant amount of time,” IRIB said, quoting unnamed sources.
“The sheer volume of the materials and the need to securely transfer the entire shipment into the country necessitated a period of media silence,” the sources told IRIB, noting that all items have now reached their “secure locations”.
Last month, Israeli police said they had arrested several suspects in relation to a leak of classified documents from the prime minister’s office that contained sensitive information on the war in Gaza.
The IRIB report, while mentioning the incident, did not say if the arrest of the suspects was related to the securing of the documents by Iranian intelligence.
