AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, An Israeli drone crashed into the mountains east of Beirut on July 28, prompting heavy Israeli airstrikes on the area to stop it falling into the hands of Hizbollah guerrillas, Lebanese security sources said.
Israeli jets pounded the mountainous Barouk area where the unmanned drone fell as well as areas further to the east and south, closer to the Israeli border, they said.
There was no immediate word on casualties from the strikes.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the unmanned craft crashed following a technical difficulty. Israeli military sources told the Ynetnews web site that, under military procedure, the stricken drone was destroyed by an Israeli jet to prevent it from falling into Hizbollah
