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Israeli sources report that for the first time, fighters of the Lebanese-based Shiite militant group Hezbollah conducted a successful attack on IDF soldiers in Israel with a fiber-optic-controlled drone.
As a result of a fiber-optic drone strike, 12 IDF soldiers were injured today in the area of an agricultural community (Moshav) Shomer in the Western Galilee near the border with Lebanon. Two are in a moderate condition, the rest were slightly injured.
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A drone strike by Shiite fighters hit an armored vehicle, which caught fire. As a result, nearby ammunition also detonated. Despite the fact that Hezbollah is increasingly using drones to attack Israeli equipment, the IDF still cannot get around the installation of anti-drone protection. It is rare to see a Merkava tank with a visor on the turret, which only slightly protects against explosive discharges.
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In the recent clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, new weapons have come to the fore. It is reported that Hezbollah is increasingly using small kamikaze drones with fiber-optic cables, which are not affected by electronic jamming systems, on the border line between northern Israel and Lebanon.
An Israeli military official said that fiber-optic drones pose a new threat that has emerged in the recent conflict with Hezbollah. According to the official, Hezbollah turned to these small unmanned systems because of the success of Israeli air defenses against large rockets, rockets, and classic drones.
The Israeli army believes that these drones are manufactured locally and are easy to prepare. It is reported that these systems can be made from a simple civilian UAV, a small amount of explosives and commercially available fiber optic cables.
Experts note that this technology, widely used in the war in Ukraine, poses a serious threat to the Israeli military in the border area with Lebanon.
