[Online photos of the alleged incident come via LBC, Lebanese tv site. If the drone actually had “Cyrillic script,” as reported by Daily Star below, it was either Turkish or Russian. Less-advanced drones still rely upon developing photograph evidence. Perhaps IDF jets targeted the already crashed drone to destroy this evidence, NOT to deny Israeli technology to Hezbollah.]
Hezbollah claims Israel targeted crashed drone in Bekaa
Smoke is seen from a blast that targeted the Western Bekaa district on Sunday, June 21, 2105. (The Daily Star/stringer)
BEIRUT: An explosion that was heard Sunday in the western Bekaa Valley was caused by an Israel airstrike targeting a drone that crashed in the western Bekaa Valley, according to Hezbollah’s Al-Manar.
The drone crashed overnight Sunday near Mount Saghbin, according to the report.
However, photos of the reported drone published on media websites show Cyrillic script on a piece of the wreckage, indicating that the drone may have been manufactured either in Russia or Eastern Europe.
Early Sunday, a security source told The Daily Star that the explosion was caused by a drone that crashed on the outskirts of the town of Saghbin.
Media reports also claimed that military planes were seen flying over the Rashaya towns of Kfar Qouq and Aija minutes before the explosion was heard nearby.
Eye witnesses in the area reported that the planes came from the direction of Mount Hermon.
The Lebanese Army has dispatched soldiers to the area to inspect the site.
No casualties have been reported.
Israel has in the past targeted its spy equipment in Lebanon.
Last September, an Israeli jet struck a spy device planted on Hezbollah’s telecommunications network in south Lebanon, killing a member of the party.
Residents said they spotted an Israeli plane hovering over the southern region near Adloun minutes before the explosion took place.
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