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2022-02-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Hezbollah drone shot down after crossing over northern border — IDF
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[IsraelTimes] Israeli forces on Thursday downed a drone that Lebanon Hezbollahstan
 ...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...
’s Hezbollah terror group flew over the border, the military said.
The incident occurred a day after  Hezbollah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
said his group has been manufacturing military drones in Lebanon and has the technology to turn thousands of missiles in its possession into precision-guided munitions.
A statement from the Israel Defense Forces said air control units tracked the unmanned aircraft "throughout the incident" before shooting it down.
It did not specify how the drone was brought down as it entered Israeli airspace.
"The IDF will continue to operate in order to prevent any attempt to violate Israeli illusory sovereignty," the statement said.
In an image posted on Twitter by Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, the drone appeared to be a commercially available quadcopter manufactured by Chinese company DJI.
Without citing a source, Army Radio claimed the drone likely belonged to the terror group’s elite Radwan Unit.
A security source said last month that at least some of the drones Hezbollah apparently uses for surveillance purposes were commercially available devices.
There was no immediate statement from Hezbollah nor affiliated media outlets on the drone downing.
Separately, the IDF said Thursday evening that a drone that flew over the border with the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip earlier that day, was downed by troops.
It was not immediately clear what type of drone it was, or how it was brought down in the second incident. The army said the aircraft fell on the Paleostinian side of the fence, in the southern part of the coastal enclave.
At least 74 drones flown by Hezbollah crossed into Israeli territory last year, compared to 94 in 2020 and 54 the year before that, according to the Walla news site. Most of the drones were downed.
Lebanon regularly complains about Israeli surveillance drones invading its airspace, but the IDF maintains that such incursions are necessary to track the activities of the Hezbollah terror group, which the Lebanese government is meant to keep in check. 
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