Hezbollah Denies Sending Drone Shot by Israel The militant Lebanese Hezbollah group has denied sending a drone that was shot down by Israel. The group's Al Manar TV made the announcement Thursday through a one line statement flashed as an urgent news bar on its screen. An Israeli warplane shot down a drone approaching the country coast from Lebanon, smashing its wreckage into the sea off the northern city of Haifa Thursday. Suspicion immediately fell on Hezbollah, which sent a similar drone in October and vowed to send more.