Hezbollah launches fiber-optic drones against northern Israel and southern Lebanon
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Updated · NBC News · Apr 30
Hezbollah launches fiber-optic drones against northern Israel and southern Lebanon
13 articles · Updated · NBC News · Apr 30
On Thursday, one Israeli soldier was killed in southern Lebanon and at least 12 people were wounded in northern Israel, including two seriously, as Israel called the drones a new threat.
The thin-cable drones cannot be electronically jammed, fly low and fast, and are seen by Israeli officials as Hezbollah’s biggest threat to troops inside Lebanon.
Hezbollah says it began using them after fighting resumed on March 2; Israel is adding nets and cages to vehicles while experts say the cheap, locally made weapons mirror tactics refined in Ukraine.
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