News - Middle East: Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced in the early hours of Saturday it had successfully shot down an Israeli combat drone.

According to a statement released by Hezbollah’s Military Media Center, the drone, identified as an Israeli Hermes 450, was brought down using a surface-to-air missile at 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

The drone was described as a versatile aircraft capable of carrying out a range of missions in combat. The wreckage of the Israeli drone was reportedly witnessed falling over the Galilee Panhandle region.

The statement further emphasized that this operation was conducted in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and aimed to support their courageous and honorable resistance.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement continued to hit Israeli military positions on Friday as part of its campaign in support of the resistance in the Gaza Strip, where more than 12,000 people have been killed in the Israeli aggression.  

The resistance movement said it successfully staged ten operations in various locations opposite the southern Lebanese border.

The movement fired missiles towards a military position facing al-Dhayrah, a town on the south Lebanon border, and said they "directly hit the target."

Hezbollah also announced in a separate statement that it had targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers near the "Marj" outpost and another gathering near the "Ramim" barracks causing direct injuries.

Hezbollah fighters targeted another gathering of Israeli soldiers near Metula using two explosive devices, causing casualties. 

A group of Israeli special forces near al-Manara were also targeted, leaving an unspecified number of injuries.

Hezbollah also targeted a tank in the vicinity of the 91st division command headquarters in Branit with the appropriate weapons, saying it was hit directly.

They also targeted six other Israeli military positions near al-Malikiyah, al-Asi, Baraka Risha, and al-Raheb.

Source: Press TV