Hezbollah announced Thursday evening that it shot down an Israeli Hermes-450 drone over the Al-Khardaleh area in southern Lebanon, making it the second such claim in 24 hours. The claim, which it says is the roughly 10th drone downed in the war, comes from a Hezbollah-affiliated source and has not yet been confirmed by the IDF or independent observers. Hours earlier, the military shot down a Hezbollah drone near Israeli troops in the same region.
Hezbollah announced Thursday evening that its air-defense unit shot down an Israeli Hermes-450 surveillance drone over the Al-Khardaleh area in southern Lebanon. A Hezbollah-affiliated the source posted the claim, saying this is the second drone downed in 24 hours (following a claimed Hermes-450 shootdown reported Wednesday) and approximately the 10th drone loss during the current war. The claim is unverified and has not been acknowledged by the IDF or corroborated by independent sources.
As The Zioneer reported Wednesday, Hezbollah claimed it shot down an Israeli Heron 1 UAV over the Bekaa Valley, which the IDF struck at the crash site. The military has previously intercepted Hezbollah drones — including a confirmed interception Tuesday near Israeli troops in southern Lebanon — and the two sides have traded drone-related operations regularly since the post-November 2023 ceasefire frayed. The current claim, if confirmed, would add to a pattern of Hezbollah asserting growing air-defense capability, though its success rate and platform remain difficult to verify independently. The IDF has not issued an operational restriction or adjusted its unmanned-aircraft posture in response to this specific claim as of publication.
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