Two drones penetrated Israeli territory on Saturday, local and military sources reported. One of the drones was downed, the other crashed and started a fire.
Alarms sounded in Israel’s north on Saturday morning indicating the intrusion of hostile aircraft into Israeli airspace.
The Upper Galilee Regional Council later confirmed that a drone was identified in Israel’s Hula Valley region.
The drone reportedly crashed in the Margaliot area.
The IDF subsequently released a statement on the event, noting that air defense systems intercepted a drone that had infiltrated into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The IDF also confirmed the the Upper Galilee Regional Council report, stating that a second drone crashed into the Margaliot area.
The IDF responded to the drone infiltrations with artillery fire at targets in Lebanese territory.
Crashed drone starts fire
Later, the Israeli Northern District’s fire and rescue services said that the drone that had crashed in the Margaliot area had caused a fire in a local building.
Two firefighting teams subsequently worked to extinguish the blaze, managing to do so as they worked alongside IDF personnel at the scene to search for injured individuals and prevent the fire from spreading to a nearby forest.
This is a developing story.
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