Lebanon blasts Israel ‘aggression’ after two drones crash in Beirut and jets attack Syria targets
- Drone incident came hours after Israel attacked targets near Syria’s capital of Damascus
- Lebanon regularly accuses its neighbour of violating its airspace with planes and drones
Lebanon’s prime minister said two Israeli drones which fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut amounted to an open attack on the country’s sovereignty and an attempt to foment regional tensions.
In the first such incident in more than a decade, one drone fell and second exploded near the ground and caused some damage when it crashed before dawn close to Hezbollah’s media centre in the capital’s Dahiyeh suburbs, a Hezbollah official said.
“The new aggression...constitutes a threat to regional stability and an attempt to push the situation towards further tension,” Hariri said in a statement from his office.
The Israeli military declined to comment.
The incident took place hours after the Israeli military said its aircraft had struck Iranian forces and Shi’ite militias near Syria’s capital Damascus which it said had been planning to launch “killer drones” into Israel.
