Lebanon’s Hezbollah Resistance Movement says its fighters shot down an Israeli drone near the border with Israel.

Iran PressMiddle East: Lebanon’s Hezbollah Resistance Movement “shot down an Israeli drone that entered Lebanese airspace … near Zibqin in the south”, it said in a statement on Monday.

The Israeli military said one of its drones “fell in Lebanese territory during routine activity” and that there was “no risk” of data being scraped from it, according to the Reuters news agency.

The incident comes after weeks of tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border, mainly in a disputed area known as Shebaa Farms.

Israeli warplanes and drones regularly violate Lebanon's airspace, while the Hezbollah Resistance Movement for years has been sending drones towards Israel.

Both sides claim to have shot down the other’s unmanned aircraft in the past.

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