UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon shoots down Israeli drone

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The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says it shot down an Israeli drone that flew over a patrol operating in the south of the country on Sunday, in the latest incident involving the force and Israel's military. Unifil said the drone was flying in an "aggressive manner" near the border town of Kfar Kila and that peacekeepers applied "necessary defensive countermeasures". The Israeli military, however, said the drone was carrying out "routine intelligence-gathering activity". "An initial