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The Lebanese violent group Hezbollah is claiming to person changeable down an Israeli drone that was connected a combat mission, a study says.
Hezbollah said successful a connection that nan drone, which was "waging its attacks connected our patient people," was brought down successful nan Al Aishiyeh area of confederate Lebanon adjacent nan country’s separator pinch Israel, according to Reuters.
It reportedly described nan drone arsenic a Hermes 450 made by Israel-based weapons shaper Elbit Systems.
"A surface-to-air rocket was launched astatine a distant parented craft of nan aerial unit that was operating successful nan skies of Lebanon, arsenic a consequence nan conveyance was deed and fell successful Lebanese territory," nan Israeli Defense Forces later said successful a statement. "The incident is being investigated."
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Hezbollah members salute and raise nan group's yellowish flags during nan ceremonial of fallen fighters who were killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected their vehicles, successful Shehabiya successful southbound Lebanon connected April 17. (AFP via Getty Images)
More than 240 Hezbollah fighters person been killed successful cross-border skirmishes pinch Israel since nan Oct. 7 astonishment onslaught by Hamas that launched nan ongoing warfare successful Gaza, Reuters reports.
On nan Israeli side, 18 people, including soldiers and civilians, person died, it added.
The reported downing of nan drone comes arsenic nan caput of Israel’s subject intelligence directorate has resigned for failing to forestall nan Oct. 7 massacre.
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Lebanese villagers walk by a building which was destroyed by Israeli shelling, successful Kfar Kila, connected Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
"In coordination pinch nan Chief of nan General Staff, nan Head of nan Intelligence Directorate, MG Aharon Haliva, has requested to extremity his position, pursuing his activity work arsenic nan Head of nan Intelligence Directorate for nan events of October 7," nan IDF wrote connected X.
"The Chief of nan General Staff thanked Major General Aharon Haliva for his 38 years of work successful nan IDF, during which he made important contributions to nan information of nan State of Israel arsenic some a combat worker and commander," it added.
Smoke rises connected nan Lebanese broadside of nan separator betwixt Israel and Lebanon aft an Israeli airstrike connected April 10. (Reuters/Ayal Margolin/TPX Images Of The Day)
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In a resignation missive quoted by The Associated Press, Haliva wrote, "The intelligence directorate nether my bid did not unrecorded up to nan task we were entrusted with. I transportation that achromatic time pinch maine ever since, time aft day, nighttime aft night. I will transportation nan horrible symptom of nan warfare pinch maine forever."
Fox News’ Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is simply a newsman astatine Fox News Digital.
