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| Hizbullah Denies Responsibility for Drone |
| 2013-04-26 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah on Thursday denied sending a drone into Israel's airspace, a few hours after the Israeli air force said it shot down an unmanned aircraft several miles off the coast of the northern city of Haifa after it entered Israeli airspace from Leb. "Hizbullah denies sending any unmanned drone into the airspace of occupied Paleostine," said a terse statement issued by the party. Earlier on Thursday, Israel's deputy defense minister Danny Danon accused Hizbullah of sending the drone. "We're talking about another attempt by Hizbullah to send an unmanned drone into Israeli territory," he said to the army radio. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... Israel's Military front man Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner was cautious, saying the incident was still being investigated. "We don't know where the aircraft was coming from and where it was actually going," he said, adding that the navy was "searching for the remains of the UAV" as part of the probe. Israel's military reported: "An unmanned aircraft (UAV) was identified approaching the coast of Israel and was successfully intercepted by the army aircraft five nautical miles off the coast of Haifa at approximately 14:00 (1300 GMT) today." The Israeli radio said: "The drone was hit by a missile eight kilometers west of Haifa's port." |
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