JERUSALEM Military sources tell a nearby Hebrew newspaper that the Israeli Air Pressure has used a US-made Patriot missile battery to Haifa in northern Israel as tensions mounted over the weekend flight of the drone into Israeli airspace.

The place of the battery, on the mountain looking over Israels border with Lebanon, can serve as further confirmation that Israel is worried that Hezbollah in southern Lebanon is behind the drone.

Forty-eight hrs into the analysis of the unmanned aircraft flying into Israeli airspace there's no confirmation which of the Jewish states opponents make significant enough technological strides to produce the drone and fly it deep into Israeli airspace. 'life was imple', Israeli radar monitored the drone flying toward the coast from the Mediterranean, then over the Gaza strip and into Israel. 20 minutes after it entered into southern Israel, scrambled fighter jets from the Israeli Air Pressure shot it lower.

Since that time, intense speculation has encircled the drones origin. To date the Israeli Military has eliminated the militant groups in the Gaza Strip, and many evidence suggests the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, operating from southern Lebanon.While the group hasn't said directly, a TV station associated with the group stated it belonged to Hezbollah. If true, it might be a significant step forward for the Shiite Muslim Militia.

In 2006, Hezbollah travelled small drones laden with explosives into northern Israel, just across the Lebanon border, but a lengthy range flight over the Mediterranean after which back to Israel would require an amount of technological sophistication not seen from the group. One likely supply of such technology could be Iran, which gives a lot of Hezbollah weaponry and offers proper guidance for the group.

Iran used the drones flight to poke fun at Israel, as well as an official was reported by the Connected Press as saying the move uncovered the weakness of Israeli Air Protection. Iran, however, didn't directly claim responsibility. Rather, Jamaluddin Aberoumand of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told the AP: The Zionist Regime (Israel) has many opponents.

Israeli experts speculate the drone might have been on the reconnaissance pursuit to gather intelligence on Israeli Military targets and perhaps the carefully guarded nuclear reactor at Dimona in the southern Israeli Desert.

Israeli martial artists apparently made several low passes over Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon, but stopped lacking shedding tanks or attempting to get back for the drone flight.

The Connected Press led for this report.