The IDF has officially confirmed reports that a Skylark pilotless drone crashed in Lebanon on Shabbos, blaming technician failure for the incident. It is reported that there is no sensitive information that will be compromised as a result of the crash.

A probe into the crash is underway. According to Lebanese reports, the drone landed near Ayta ash-Shab, a village in southern Lebanon.

The crash was the fourth of an Israeli drone this year.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)