Hezbollah Denies Ownership Of Downed Drone

Ali Hashem

Apr 26, 2013

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa January 28, 2013. Any sign that Syria's grip on its chemical weapons is slipping as it battles an armed uprising could trigger Israeli military strikes, Israel's vice premier said on Sunday. A military spokesman confirmed reports that two Iron Dome batteries were moved to the Haifa area but insisted this was part of a routine of rotating these systems. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - — An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa Jan. 28, 2013. — REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A drone was downed just a few kilometers from the shores of Haifa, around 30 km (20 miles) from the border with Lebanon. This was not the first time a drone from the north had flown over Israel, but always before, there was only one party to claim responsibility: Hezbollah. Not this time.

The Israeli media was busy analyzing this alleged move by Hezbollah, Arab media was busy parroting the Israeli analysis, and Israel was busy searching for the wreckage while Hezbollah was putting pen to paper, denying any connection.

From the moment the Lebanese Shiite group denied the action, those who first celebrated it started asking, if it is not Hezbollah, then who did it? The Hezbollah denial was short and clear: "Hezbollah denies that it sent any of its planes to occupied Palestine."

A statement by the UN interim force in Lebanon said that it still has no definite information regarding the drone sent into Israel from Lebanon.

Hezbollah Denies Ownership Of Downed Drone

Ali Hashem asks, If Hezbollah was not responsible for the drone downed over Israel, who was?

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