Information about the loss of its unmanned aerial vehicle by the Israel Defense Forces has been confirmed. According to recent reports, Israeli military drone crashed in Lebanon.
Lebanese sources say, that the UAV, owned by Israel, carried out aerial reconnaissance in Lebanese airspace. Such actions have recently become customary for Israel.. The command usually says, that in this way the activities of the Hezbollah group are monitored.
The reasons for the fall of the drone are not officially reported. By and large,, there can be two such reasons: the drone fell due to a technical problem or was shot down.
originally reported, that data from a reconnaissance UAV can be used by Hezbollah for its own purposes. However, the Israel Defense Forces say, that there is no threat of data loss, since the drone transmitted them in real time to a special docking station, where the operator receives and, if necessary, decrypts.
About a specific model of an Israeli drone, fallen in Lebanon, It does not say.
Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz paid a visit to the border base yesterday. During the visit, he stated, that for everything that happens in Syria and Lebanon, the local authorities are responsible. According to the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry, his country does not threaten anyone, “But if someone tries to test Israel's strength, learns the full strength of the Israeli army ".
