UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon shoots down Israeli drone

Unfil says the drone flew over a patrol in an "aggressive manner", but the Israeli military says it was gathering intelligence and posed no threat.

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Unifil said the drone was flying in an "aggressive manner" near the border town of Kfar Kila and that peacekeepers applied "necessary defensive countermeasures".

The Israeli military, however, said the drone was carrying out "routine intelligence-gathering activity".

"An initial inquiry suggests that Unifil forces stationed nearby deliberately fired at the drone and downed it. The drone's activity did not pose a threat to Unifil forces," spokesman Lt Col Nadav Shoshani posted on X.

He said Israeli forces later dropped a grenade towards the area where the drone fell.