Hezbollah downs “Israeli” Hermes 450 drone over south Lebanon

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has announced that one of its drones was shot down by Hezbollah over south Lebanon on Monday morning.

A surface-to-air missile was first launched by Hezbollah at the “Elbit Hermes 450” Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), but was intercepted by the IOF’s medium-to-long range air defense system, David’s Sling - per the IOF’s statement.

A second missile was launched by Hezbollah, which successfully shot down the drone and fell over Lebanese territory, the statement added.

Hezbollah announced earlier in a statement that its forces shot down a Hermes 450 aircraft over the city of Nabatieh in south Lebanon.

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