The IDF announced yesterday (Wednesday) that last Wednesday, two days before the interception of the three unmanned aircraft near the "Shark" rig, the army intercepted another unmanned aircraft that took off from Lebanon toward Israel's economic waters.
The IDF explicitly stated yesterday that it was an aircraft belonging to Hezbollah and was shot down in Lebanese naval space.
The IDF did not publish the downing of the unmanned aircraft until yesterday, both because of the desire to preserve a space of ambiguity with Hezbollah, and also because the army was not entirely sure that the UAV was shot down by Israeli means.
The decision was changed after the Lebanese media reported that Hezbollah had launched an unmanned aircraft at Israel.
So far, despite Hezbollah's aggression in actually sending unmanned aerial vehicles toward Israel's economic assets in the Mediterranean, Israel has chosen not to respond.
Recall that a few months ago, when Hezbollah aircraft crossed the border into Israel, reached as far as the Sea of Galilee and returned to Lebanon, Israel responded with supersonic booms in the skies of beer.
It is possible that the Israeli decision not to respond this time is related to Biden's visit to the region next week, or perhaps to the fact that Israel is also deterred by Hezbollah's power.
If indeed Israel does not respond visibly, the test will be the test of the result, that is, whether Hezbollah will continue its attempts to launch unmanned aircraft at Israel after the IDF shot down four aircraft it launched within two days.
In this context, attention should be paid to the unusual and public criticism of Hezbollah in recent days by Lebanese officials, due to the launching of unmanned aircraft.
On Monday, Lebanon's interim prime minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Buhabib met to discuss launching the UAVs into the "disputed maritime space zone," they said.
In a statement to the media after the meeting, Habib stated that this was an action taken outside Lebanon's responsibility, noting that "the action is unacceptable, and any step outside the diplomatic framework and negotiations exposes him to unnecessary risks."
Yesterday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that he believes that Israel and Lebanon will soon reach a solution to the issue of registering the maritime border between the two countries, as part of the negotiations that are taking place on the subject through American mediation.
Meanwhile, yesterday it was reported that a Syrian soldier was killed in an attack attributed to Israel in Quneitra.
It is likely that if Israel was indeed the one that harmed him, the same soldier engaged in terrorist activity.
Syrian media reported that a 46-year-old soldier was killed by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
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