Friday, October 12, 2012

Middle East: Hezbollah - “Hezbollah plans to send more drones over Israel in the future”

Source: IRNA

Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA reports  – The Secretary-General of Lebanese resistance movement (Hezbollah), Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed that Hezbollah has dispatched a drone deep into the Israeli airspace.

“Hezbollah’s drone managed to fly hundreds of kilometers into the Israeli airspace and getting very close to Dimona nuclear plant without being detected by advanced Israeli and US radars,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech late on Thursday.

He reiterated that Israelis have admitted to their failure in the security field despite being provided with the latest technologies by Western powers.

Nasrallah pointed out that Hezbollah’s drones are made in Iran, but assembled by the resistance movement’s experts and engineers.

“Hezbollah plans to send more drones over Israel in the future,” he added, adding that the operation shows the resistance movement is ready to defend Lebanon.