Democracy Dies in DarknessThe weapons, cheap to build from commercially available components, have helped the militants rearm despite the loss of a sponsor in Syria and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.May 13, 2026An Israeli soldier walks through a cemetery in Petah Tikva after a funeral for Sgt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in April by an explosive Hezbollah drone, according to the Israel Defense Forces. (Amir Levy/Getty Images), and TEL AVIV — Israeli troops are confronting a new threat in their fight against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon: camera-equipped explosive drones that feed live video back to their operators via a fiber-optic tether to evade detection and traditional signal-jamming defenses.
Hezbollah’s unjammable drones pose new threat to Israel
The cheap weapons have helped the militants rearm despite the loss of a sponsor in Syria and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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