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Hezbollah downs Israeli drone with missile

An Israeli pilotless plane was shot down over Lebanese territory by a surface-to-air missile on Saturday, Israel's military said, and Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the interception.

In a statement, Hezbollah said it downed a Hermes 900 drone in solidarity with Gaza, where Israel has been waging an almost eight-month-old war against Hamas. 

Video circulated online appeared to show a plane of a size corresponding to that of a Hermes, aflame and gyring earthward. 

An Israeli pilotless plane
was shot down over Lebanese territory by a surface-to-air
missile on Saturday, Israel's military said, and Hezbollah
claimed responsibility for the interception.


In a statement, Hezbollah said it downed a Hermes 900
drone in solidarity with Gaza, where Israel has been waging an
almost eight-month-old war against Hamas. 


Video circulated online appeared to show a plane of a
size corresponding to that of a Hermes, aflame and gyring
earthward.