TRIPOLI: An Israeli spy drone has crashed in the waters off the Lebanese Mediterranean city of Tripoli, Lebanon Army claimed.
According to security officials, the drone was spying on the Lebanese and Syrian coastline before the crash.
Lebanese media reported that the army surrounded the area to pull the debris from the water and conduct initial tests, which confirmed the aerial vehicle “turned out to be an Israeli drone.
This is the second time in less than a month that a suspected Israeli drone has gone down in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Army announces that an #Israel-i drone fell in #Tripoli #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/qTjF0QB3Dk
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) July 11, 2015
On June 21, in order to destroy the wreckage of an Israeli spy drone that crashed in the area, an Israeli fighter jet allegedly struck a mountainous area near the town of Saghbine in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, located about 70 kilometers east of Beirut.
