When drones fall from the sky into Lebanon
Two drones have fallen over Lebanon in just a few weeks, raising questions about their origin and whether the two crashes could be coincidental.
BEIRUT — Within a span of 20 days, two unidentified drones fell over Lebanon, for reasons that are still unknown. There was immediate speculation that Israel might be involved, raising several questions. Have Israel's technological capabilities dropped, or has Hezbollah's technology in Lebanon improved? Was it by sheer coincidence that a malfunction occurred?
The first drone fell on the morning of June 21 near the mountainous village of Saghbine, located in the western Bekaa Valley, near the Lebanese-Israeli border.
An eyewitness told Al-Monitor that the drone was visible to the naked eye as it came from the east, the common source of Israeli reconnaissance operations toward the Golan Heights in Syrian territory, to the side of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, where unmanned aerial vehicles usually explore Lebanese regions extending from the south toward the north. Once their tasks are completed, the UAVs withdraw to the west over the Mediterranean Sea and return to their bases in Israel.
When the drone reached the airspace above Saghbine that day, the eyewitness, who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, confirmed that he heard two explosions a few seconds apart.
