The Israeli army confirmed on Monday that Hezbollah had shot down its military drone in Lebanese territory.

Earlier on Monday, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah resistance group said it shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 model with a surface-to-air missile over the Tuffah region of southern Lebanon. 

Meanwhile, Lebanese security officials said Israel has targeted eastern Lebanon for the first time since the war on Gaza began in October last year.

At least two people were killed and three others wounded as a result of air strikes, the officials said. 

Israel said the air raids were “in response to the launch of a surface-to-air missile” that downed the Israeli drone.