Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityHaaretz has learned the Israeli military avoided deploying a key defense system at a Lebanon outpost staffed by ultra-Orthodox soldiers because the unit operating it includes womenShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:01 AM • May 24 2026 IDTStaff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, from Atlit, was killed on Friday by an explosive drone strike in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday. CommentsIn the NewsDrone Kills IDF Soldier Lebanon; IDF Forgoes Defense System Over ultra-OrthodoxGaza Flotilla Activists Say They Were Given Electric Shocks in Israeli DetentionIsrael Believes Iran Is Misleading U.S., Nuclear Agreement Unlikely, Sources SayAnti-government Protests Held Across Israel; 2,000 Rally NationwideIDF Soldier Killed by Explosive Drone in Northern Israel, Two WoundedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`World Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists VideoOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth