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Summary Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for launching an Iranian-made drone into Israeli last week.
The head of Lebanons Hezbollah boasted Thursday that his Shiite militant group sent a sophisticated unmanned drone over Israel last week, saying the device was built by the Jewish states archfoe Iran.Hassan Nasrallahs acknowledgement of the drone which Israel shot down on October 6 came shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed at Hezbollah and vowed to defend his country against further threats.A sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft was sent from Lebanese territory ... and travelled hundreds of kilometres (miles) over the sea before crossing enemy lines and into occupied Palestine, Nasrallah said on television.It overflew sensitive and important installations for dozens of kilometres until the enemy spotted it near (the nuclear site) Dimona, Nasrallah added on Hezbollahs television Al-Manar. He did not identify the installations.Nasrallah insisted that possession of such an aerial capacity is a first in the history of any resistance movement in Lebanon and the region.Its not the first time (that a drone was sent) and it will not be the last. We can reach all the zones of Israel, said Nasrallah, referring to a less sophisticated drone sent by Hezbollah during its 2006 war against Israel.He said the latest drone was Iranian built and assembled in Lebanon.An Israeli official questioned by AFP in Jerusalem said he was not surprised that the drone was made in Iran. The fact that Hezbollah weapons come from Iran does not surprise anyone, the official said on condition of anonymity.The Israeli premier earlier accused Hezbollah of launching the previously unidentified drone and vowed to protect Israeli borders against further intrusions.
