IAF F-16
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Lebanese security officials on Tuesday reported the Army had begun searching for an 'object' dropped by an IAF fighter between the towns of Telos and Holeh in Southern Lebanon.

Lebanon's state-run news agency reported that Israeli aircraft dropped the unidentified object in the valley between the two towns.

However, security forces were said to have encountered difficultry in combing the area due to the presence of bombs from the Second Lebanon War that remain in the area.

Last month Hizbullah claimed an IDF UAV allegedly sent to destroy a "spy device" placed there by Israel in southern Lebanon crashed. The crash, or origin of the UAV, was never independently confirmed.

Lebanese security sources, however, told reporters the explosion Hizbullah reported had nothing to do with an Israeli strike and was related to the terror organizations' substantial arms caches.

Also in December, IAF warplanes conducted an extensive drill over Southern Lebanon after several security incidents in the Hizbullah-controlled region of the country.

In addition to a roadside bomb targeting French peace keepers and a string of bombings targeting establishments selling alcohol, terror groups in southern Lebanon launched two rocket salvos at Israel in December.