Sheikh Nasrallah said the drone was assembled in Lebanon but made in Iran - a rare reference to his organisation's military support from Tehran, the BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says. He confirmed a statement by Israel's prime minister earlier in the day saying that Hezbollah was behind the drone flight. 'Aerial capacity' 
 
 Sheikh Nasrallah said: "A sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft was sent from Lebanese territory... and travelled hundreds of kilometres over the sea before crossing enemy lines and into occupied Palestine." Seeking to underline that Hezbollah was capable of reaching targets well inside Israel, Nasrallah said the drone "flew over sensitive installations inside southern Palestine and was shot down in an area near the Dimona nuclear reactor". Hezbollah last fought Israel in 2006 during a 34-day war in which 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, were killed. Israeli jets flew alongside it before shooting it down. The drone, which did not carry any explosives, was destroyed over a largely uninhabited area.
– Hezbollah confirmed today what many Mideast observers already guessed: It sent up the spy drone over Israel that was shot down last weekend, and it got help in doing so from Iran, reports the BBC. The unmanned craft may have been destroyed by Israeli jets, but Hezbollah's leader boasted that it "penetrated the enemy's iron procedures" and flew over "sensitive sites" for miles before getting shot down. "This is not the first time and will not be the last," added Sheik Hassan Nasrallah. "We can reach any place we want." Nasrallah said the drone's parts came from Iran but were assembled by Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the connection had Tehran crowing about Israel's weak air defenses, reports Reuters. Earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu promised a strong defense. "As we prevented last weekend an attempt by Hezbollah, we shall continue to act aggressively against all threats," he said.