Israeli Troops Buy Fishing Nets Against Hezbollah FPV Drones as Army Orders 2 Million More Square Feet
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Updated · The War Zone · May 27
Israeli Troops Buy Fishing Nets Against Hezbollah FPV Drones as Army Orders 2 Million More Square Feet
7 articles · Updated · The War Zone · May 27
Israeli troops in southern Lebanon are buying fishing nets from fishermen in Tiberias, Akko and Haifa to shield vehicles and positions from Hezbollah FPV kamikaze drones.
158,000 square meters of protective netting have already been distributed, but soldiers are improvising because existing countermeasures remain limited and the threat has become a "nightmare," a senior IDF official said.
Hezbollah has compounded the danger by pairing fiber-optic guidance with thermal cameras, enabling night attacks that evade many jamming efforts and sharply restrict Israeli troop movement.
The official said forces have become largely static and cannot effectively strike launch sites or logistics chains stretching through the Beqaa Valley, Tyre, Sidon and Beirut.
Israel is acquiring roughly 2 million additional square feet of netting, yet the scramble for civilian fishing gear underscores how even advanced militaries are adapting on the fly to drone warfare.
Why is Israel's high-tech army using fishing nets to fight Hezbollah's advanced drones?
As cheap drones dominate battlefields, what key lessons has Israel failed to learn from Ukraine?
Hezbollah’s 300-Drone Offensive: Israel’s Struggle Against Low-Cost, Fiber-Optic Kamikaze UAVs
Overview
Hezbollah has escalated its drone offensive against Israel by deploying low-cost, advanced first-person view (FPV) kamikaze drones, praised by its leadership for their effectiveness in disorienting Israeli forces. These drones, costing only $300 to $400 each, use fiber-optic guidance—a tactic learned from the 2025 Russia-Ukraine war—which allows them to bypass Israel’s traditional electronic warfare defenses. In response, Israeli troops are urgently adapting by installing protective wire-mesh nets and testing new countermeasures, highlighting the urgent need for innovative solutions as inexpensive, hard-to-detect drones challenge expensive, established defense systems.