Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAs Hezbollah's drone attacks intensify and the Defense Ministry struggles to respond, Israeli startups are gathering at a Tel Aviv event in an attempt to fast-track solutions for soldiers on the groundShare 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 formatSubscribeHagai Amit01:23 PM • May 26 2026 IDTThe daily casualties the IDF is suffering in Lebanon underscore the extent to which the defense establishment was caught unprepared for the threat of explosive drones. The number of soldiers injured by fiber-optic guided drones now surpasses the number of Israelis killed in ballistic missile attacks.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HezbollahLebanonIsrael high-techCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIran DealGazaTrumpWhite House ShootingSettler ViolenceJewish Soccer PlayersHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsraeli Startups Mobilize Against Explosive Drones at Tel Aviv HackathonFIFA Confirms Iran's World Cup Base Camp Moved to TijuanaShin Bet Chief in UAE With PA President's Political Rival Mohammed DahlanEesa Hayek's Race Against Time to Collect Nakba TestimoniesRubio Says Hormuz Strait Will Open 'One Way or Another' After U.S. Strikes IranRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in Kentucky'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth