Hezbollah admits launching 'made in Iran' drone over Israel

London - Lebanese Shia Islamist group Hezbollah has admitted that it was behind the launch of a drone shot down over Israel last week.

The group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the movement's al-Manar television network that the drone was made in Iran and had flown over "sensitive sites" in Israel.

"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," the BBC quoted Nasrallah, as saying.

"Possession of such an aerial capacity is a first in the history of any resistance movement in Lebanon and the region," he added.

Nasrallah said the drone was assembled in Lebanon but made in Iran, a rare reference to his organisation's military support from Tehran,

According to the report, Nasrallah's mention of "sensitive" Israeli sites is an apparent reference to Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor.

Referring to a drone sent by Hezbollah during its 2006 war against Israel he added that 'it's not the first time and it will not be the last'.