Sep. 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –
An Israeli Army drone crashed overnight Thursday near the maritime border with Lebanon due to a “malfunction,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Friday.
“Overnight, an IDF drone crashed into the sea near the northern maritime border after a malfunction,” he said, adding that the drone was recovered.
Thus, he stressed that “the incident is being reviewed” and stressed that “devices of this type will not be able to fly until the end of the investigation.”
The incident took place just a few days after Israel carried out military exercises along the Lebanese border, in the framework of tensions with Lebanon over the Karish oil fields and the delimitation of the maritime border.
Israel and Lebanon, which are technically at war and do not maintain diplomatic relations, began in October 2020 a process of indirect talks mediated by the United States and held under the auspices of the United Nations at the headquarters of the international organization in the Lebanese city of Naqura.
The negotiations revolve around an area of 860 square kilometers that, according to both countries, is located in their respective Exclusive Economic Zones, a matter of special importance after the discovery of gas reserves in this area that both Israel and Lebanon hope to be able to exploit. .
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