Israel shot down an unmanned aircraft on Thursday, as it approaches the northern coast of the country, the military said. The suspect immediately fell on the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah denied that the hair process.
Hezbollah's Al Manar television station on Thursday by a line statement as an urgent news bar flashed on its screen.
While denying that the incident may have improved, fighting a bitter enemy of Israel in 2006, a one-month war stalemate between Israel and Hezbollah heightened tensions.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, he said, the time of the incident, he was in a helicopter in northern Israel, he believes "extremely serious penetration attempt."
The official said that Netanyahu was informed that the events that unfolded, because he was flying north a few countries of the members of the Cluster cultural events. Simply put, his helicopter landed, and was intercepted before the UAV Netanyahu continued on his way.
In the helicopter on the way home, I was informed that the sky drones in Israel there is an attempt to penetrate, "he said, the northern town Daliyat in the Arab - Israeli Carmel. "We will continue to do all necessary measures to safeguard the security of Israeli citizens."
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes overflew the Christian town of Jezzine and the highlands of the Iqlim al-Tuffah Province, Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, on Thursday morning.
The Lebanese army also reported that on Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace. Israel stepped up over the Hezbollah the confusion caused by the civil war in Syria took advantage of the fear.
Lieutenant colonel, military spokesman Peter Lerner said the unmanned aircraft as it flew over Lebanon and the tracking and detection, because it is close to the Israeli airspace.
Reyna said the military until the plane into the airspace of Israel, confirmed that this is the "enemy", and then, an F-16 fighters shot it down.
UAV flight at an altitude of about 6000 feet (1800 meters), was shot down near the northern Israeli city of Haifa coast about 5 miles (8 km) off. Reyna said the Israeli naval forces are searching for the remains of the aircraft.
He said that still do not know who sent the drones, and pointed out that it flew over Lebanese airspace, but it may have originated from somewhere else.
Other military officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to speak to the media, said they think this is Iranian-made aircraft sent by Hezbollah. Lebanon sent drones into Israeli airspace, in October last year, Israel shot down.
Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that Hezbollah may try to take advantage of the instability in neighboring Syria, a key ally of Hezbollah, to get what he called the game-changing weapons.
Israel has almost confirmed that it carried out air strikes in Syria in the beginning of the year, destroyed a number of state-of-the-art anti-aircraft missiles bound for Hezbollah.
A senior Lebanese security official, who also declined to name the remarks in line with regulations, said that Lebanon on Thursday event information.
Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim Moussaoui also said he had no information, add a group in a statement, if something on this issue.
When the Israeli army shot down Hezbollah drone on October 6, it took days Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech to confirm. He warned that, at the time, which will not be the last such operation group. He said, assembled by the advanced aircraft Iran and Hezbollah.
 
 



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