- Title: Two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes - army, Hezbollah
- Date: 25th August 2019
- Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (AUGUST 25, 2019) (REUTERS) HEZBOLLAH MEDIA CENTRE BUILDING VARIOUS OF BROKEN WINDOWS AND BALCONIES DAMAGE ON THE BALCONY OF HEZBOLLAH MEDIA CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING BROKEN WINDOWS DAMAGE INSIDE HEZBOLLAH MEDIA CENTRE OFFICE / PHOTO OF HEZBOLLAH LEADER SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH ON OFFICE DESK BROKEN GLASS VARIOUS OF DAMAGE INSIDE OFFICE VARIOUS OF DAMAGE ON STAIRS OF BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESIDENT OF SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT, SALEM HAMZI, SAYING: "At 2:30 am, I heard an explosion. I went out to the balcony and told them it is an explosion, then I saw the ambulance and fire trucks arriving here. My son came out and said there was fire. We stayed up all night following the news, they said it was next to the tent (referring to Ashura tent near the site), we didn't know. They said they put a drone down and another exploded in the air." VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF BUILDING
- Embargoed: 8th September 2019 09:54
- Keywords: Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Beirut suburbs
- Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
- City: BEIRUT, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001ATPSMYV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: An Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near the ground early on Sunday (August 25), the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said, in the first such incident in more than a decade.
The Israeli military declined to comment.
The second drone caused some damage when it crashed before dawn close to Hezbollah's media centre in the Dahiyeh suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
The incident took place hours after the Israeli military said its aircraft had struck Iranian forces and Shi'ite militias near Syria's capital Damascus which it said had been planning to launch "killer drones" into Israel.
Residents in Dahiyeh said they heard the sound of a blast. A witness said the army closed off the streets where a fire had started.
A Hezbollah spokesman told Lebanon's state news agency NNA the second drone was rigged with explosives causing serious damage to the media centre. Hezbollah is now examining the first drone, he said.
The Lebanese army said that one Israeli drone fell and another exploded at 02:30 am local time (2330 GMT), causing only material damage.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to give a televised speech later on Sunday.
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