Israeli drone crashes into sea near Lebanon border
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli drone crashed into the sea near the northern maritime border with Lebanon on Thursday, the military announced on Friday.
In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces said the drone crashed due to a malfunction. It added that the incident was being investigated and the entire fleet of this type of drone, which it did not specify, had been grounded.
Tensions between the two countries have escalated over a maritime dispute and disagreements over the exploitation of natural gas fields in the sea.