Israel Defense Forces officials said Monday afternoon that Arab media reports that an Israeli aircraft crashed over Lebanon were false.

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, monitored in Israel, reported an Israeli plane had gone down, showing video of a flaming object falling from the skies. Two Arab news networks reported on Monday that an Israeli fighter jet was shot down over Beirut as it flew a sortie over the area. Al-Jazeera news network and al-Manar TV, the Hizbullah controlled television station, both reported that Hizbullah terrorists shot down the aircraft.

A Lebanese source confirmed the IDF response, saying that it was “some type of object” but was certain it was not an aircraft. According to a reporter on Army Radio, the explosion that followed the crash resulted in a “huge blaze”.

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