Israel claims having intercepted another Hezbollah drone last week

The Israeli army has claimed that it had detected and shot down another Hezbollah drone last week.

“The army detected last Wednesday a drone heading towards Israel’s economic waters from the Lebanese side," Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said Wednesday evening in a tweet.

He added that the Israeli forces had shot down the drone inside the Lebanese waters before it reached the Lebanese-Israeli borders.

On Saturday, the Israeli army said it had intercepted three drones launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon. The drones were headed towards the offshore Karish gas field.

Hezbollah said the drones were unarmed and were sent towards the disputed Karish field "for reconnaissance missions."

"The mission was accomplished and the message has been sent," Hezbollah added, without mentioning any Israeli interception, while Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati criticized the move, saying it was an unnecessarily risky action.