By The Daily Star

BEIRUT: Iran said over the weekend a recent Hezbollah drone operation into Israel demonstrated the weakness of Jewish state�s defenses.

�The so-called Iron Dome of the Zionist regime�s defense space collapsed by this action and it became clear that the Zionist regime could not be safe from the fury of the Muslim community,� Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday, according to Press TV.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah confirmed Thursday that his group was behind an Iranian-made drone that Israel shot down last week.

Israel's Iron Dome is a missile and rocket defense system that was officially launched in 2011.

The aerial mission over Israel, Vahidi said, also proved that the Lebanese resistance group �would be in full [combat] readiness in rainy days and would firmly respond to any infringement by the Zionist regime.�

On Thursday, Nasrallah said the drone, codenamed �Ayoub� was manufactured in Iran but assembled by Hezbollah.

In an apparent confirmation that the drone was made in Iran, Vahidi said: �Whatever we have at our disposal will be used at the proper time in defending the Muslim community and Islamic territories and that�s natural,� Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday.

�Given the Zionist regime�s frequent incursions into the Lebanese airspace, we see it as the natural right of Lebanon�s Hezbollah to fly its drone above the occupied territories,� he added.

 

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