Soldiers fire on IDF drone on Lebanon border due to mistaken identification

Israeli soldiers fired at a drone on the Lebanese border on Sunday afternoon, only to then realize it belonged to the military.

Lebanon regularly complains about Israeli surveillance drones invading its airspace, but the IDF maintains that such incursions are necessary to track the activities of the Hezbollah terror group, which the Lebanese government is meant to keep in check.

At least 74 drones flown by Hezbollah crossed into Israeli territory last year, compared to 94 in 2020 and 54 the year before that, according to the Walla news site. Most of the drones were downed.