Israel said on Saturday that it shot down three drones that were coming from Lebanon towards one of its gas platforms in the Mediterranean and accused the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group of launching them.
There was no immediate response from Lebanon to the Israeli claim, which comes amid tensions between the countries over the location of the Karish platform and long-standing, but so far fruitless, US-brokered efforts to reach an agreement on a maritime boundary.
The Israeli military said its forces intercepted “three hostile UAVs that approached airspace over Israel’s economic waters.”
An Israeli security source said the drones were unarmed, although this was not immediately confirmed by the military.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz accused Hezbollah of being behind the launch, saying in a statement that it was “preventing the state of Lebanon from reaching an agreement on maritime borders, which are critical to the nation’s economy and prosperity.” Lebanese”.
It was the first time an air defense system mounted on an Israeli naval vessel had shot down a target, the military said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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