Two Israeli drones have crashed in Beirut with one exploding next to an office belonging to Hizbollah, according to the Iran-backed Shia paramilitary group as well as Lebanese officials.
Israel has not commented on the drones, which fell in the Hizbollah-dominated district of the Lebanese capital early yesterday morning. But the crash came shortly after Israel confirmed it had bombed Iranian forces inside neighbouring Syria, foiling what Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, said would have been “an attack against Israel”.
Israel’s military said on Saturday night that it had prevented “multiple killer drones” attacking Israel “by striking Iranian Quds Force operatives and Shia Militia targets in Syria”.