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Hezbollah downed an Israeli drone on Monday near the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, the second Israeli drone it claims to have shot down since the group opened a second front with Israel in the wake of Hamas’s surprise 7 October attack. In a statement, Hezbollah said it downed the Hermes 450 Israeli drone with asurface-to-air missile. The extent of Hezbollah’s anti-aircraft capabilities is unclear, with the group publishing few details about the types of weaponry it has used to target the two drones. “Hezbollah has not said much about the capacities of the air defence unit because it want…

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