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British drone flew over Lebanon hours before and after Israeli massacre

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British drone flew over Lebanon hours before and after Israeli massacre




A British drone flew over Lebanon and circled near Baalbek on Wednesday, the day Israel hit Lebanon with a wave of strikes that killed more than 300 people - including 18 in the Beqaa Valley city.

A Middle East Eye analysis of flight-tracking data has found that a Royal Air Force MQ-9B Protector drone departed from the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus on Wednesday morning and began flying over Lebanon at around 6.20am.

The drone then flew in circles over an area near Baalbek and Younine in eastern Lebanon, close to the Syrian border, from around 6.30 to 6.50am. 

It appeared to enter Syrian airspace at around 8am, flying north past Homs and passing over Idlib, flight-tracking data showed.

The drone's activities for several hours are unknown, but it was seen near Baalbek again at around 8.15pm, hours after heavy Israeli attacks hit Lebanon in the early afternoon.

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The RAF drone is seen on Flightradar24 circling over eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border on Wednesday morning, hours before Israeli strikes began (Screengrab)



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