Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the border with Egypt to become a closed military zone following the detection of arms and drug smuggling by drones. Nearly 900 incidents of smuggling from Egyptian territory have reportedly happened in three months.

The Israeli army and the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon have conflicting accounts of an incident where peacekeepers shot down an Israeli drone.

T HE UNITED NATIONS has called on Israel to stop attacks near Irish peacekeepers after a convoy of Irish troops came close to an air strike in Lebanon. Irish troops were just a few hundred metres away as an Israeli drone strike blew up a van near Bint Jbeil earlier today, The Journal has learned.

Israel on Thursday declared a prohibited zone along its border with Egypt to halt large-scale weapons smuggling by drone. Orders to open fire will be changed correspondingly, according to a statement from Defence Minister Israel Katz.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday that Israel will declare its border with Egypt a closed military zone in an effort to combat smuggling. Israel has complained of smugglers in Egypt and Israel using drones to smuggle weapons and other restricted items from Sinai,

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Israel despite a ceasefire last year with Hezbollah, has continued drone and other attacks along the border with Lebanon. One recent visit from a drone took a surreal turn.