A picture taken on December 4, 2018 from a position near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila shows a section of the concrete border wall between Lebanon (R) and Israel. (AFP)

The Lebanese-Israeli border. (File photo: AFP)

Lebanese army says Israeli drone breached airspace, dropped incendiary material

Reuters, Beirut

Published: 01 September ,2019: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:57 AM GST

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An Israeli drone violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday and dropped incendiary material that sparked a fire in a forest at the border, the Lebanese military said.

The Lebanese army statement said it was following up on the violation with UN peacekeepers but gave no further details.

The Israeli military said: “A short while ago, fires broke out in the Lebanese border area. The fires originate with operations by our forces in the area.”

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