{"id":2597160,"date":"2026-04-30T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hezbollah-fpv-drone-danger-causes-alarm-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:16:07","slug":"new-hezbollah-fpv-drone-danger-causes-alarm-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hezbollah-fpv-drone-danger-causes-alarm-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hezbollah FPV drone danger causes alarm in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-hezbollah-fpv-drone-danger-causes-alarm-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel says Hezbollah\u2019s increased use of frist-person-view (FPV) drones-reflecting lessons from Ukraine-has made fighting in Lebanon more challenging. After Hezbollah rearmed in 2024 following earlier losses, it invested in FPV quadcopter drones wiht explosives, and their use has expanded substantially in the current conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The article links recent drone strikes to Israeli casualties, including attacks that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-calls-new-israeli-bombing-a-misunderstanding-calls-for-de-escalation\/\" title=\"Marco Rubio Calls New ...i Bombing &#039;a Misunderstanding,&#039; Calls for &#039;De-Escalation&#039;\">hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">armored vehicles<\/a><\/a> and soldiers. It highlights a \u201cfiber-optic\u201d variant as especially challenging because the drone is guided through a tethered wire, which can defeat common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-withholding-200m-in-military-assistance-as-russia-prepares-for-possible-full-scale-invasion-report\/\" title=\"Biden Withholding 0M In Military Assistance As Russia Prepares For Possible Full-Scale Invasion: Report\">electronic jamming<\/a> used to interrupt radio control.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials quoted in the piece argue that point defenses may be insufficient, prompting calls to adjust tactics-especially targeting Hezbollah\u2019s drone supply chain, infrastructure, and operational units north of the Litani River-to raise the cost of using relatively cheap drones. Researchers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsguard-advisory-board-member-michael-hayden-yet-to-retract-biden-laptop-russian-disinfo-claim\/\" title=\"Newsguard Advisory Board Member Michael Hayden Yet to Retract Biden Laptop &#039;Russian Disinfo&#039; Claim\">intelligence veterans<\/a> also caution that these measures should complement wider strategic air efforts rather than replace them.<\/p>\n<p>The response also draws parallels to drone countermeasures seen in Russia-Ukraine, such as netting and other improvised vehicle protection. Still, the article includes skepticism that FPV drones will be a decisive \u201cgame-changer,\u201d framing them as another battlefield challenge rather than a war-ending breakthrough, while stressing the broader political and strategic context of Hezbollah operating largely outside Lebanese government control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>After scoring a crushing victory over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"814\">Hezbollah<\/a> in 2024, Israel is finding its ongoing campaign in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lebanon\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1192\">Lebanon<\/a> much more difficult, in large part due to its adoption of the war in Ukraine\u2019s deadliest innovation.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering embarrassing losses against Israel in 2024, Hezbollah sought to rearm and regroup quickly as it awaited the inevitable next war with Israel. As part of this rearmament, it invested heavily in first-person-view drones, a quadrocopter with an explosive attached that can be guided directly into a target. The drones have been used by Hezbollah in a limited capacity <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/israel-alma.org\/revolution-the-air-force-of-the-lone-terrorist-disrupting-the-concept-of-military-advantage\/\">beginning in September 2024<\/a>, but the current war has seen their use expanded significantly.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4549525\/coast-guard-emergency-fund-run-out-shutdown\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lights turn off on Coast Guard as emergency funds run out during shutdown<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4549322\/watch-live-hegseth-caine-senate-armed-services-committee-defense-budget\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine return to Congress for second day of budget hearings<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4548825\/trump-us-troop-reduction-germany-merz-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump weighing US troop reduction in Germany after Merz\u2019s Iran war criticism<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Hezbollah FPV drones killed Israeli Sgt. Idan Fooks and a northern Israel resident, Amer Hujeirat, over the past week, wounding many more. A single FPV drone strike on Thursday wounded 12 Israeli soldiers when it hit an armored cargo vehicle, engulfing it in flames.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While the limited number of FPV drone strikes in the 2024 war mainly targeted light vehicles and equipment, the new strikes have targeted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4505667\/hezbollah-israel-tank-fpv-drone-ukraine\/\">tanks<\/a>, armored vehicles, and soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>These strikes have come despite a ceasefire reached by the governments of Israel and Lebanon, which was expanded last week. Prominent Hezbollah Parliamentarian Ali Fayyad <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4541843\/hezbollah-reject-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-meaningless-ali-fayyad\/\">said<\/a> last week that the party \u201cfirmly rejects\u201d the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-new-fiber-optic-threat\">The new fiber-optic threat<\/h2>\n<p>Lt. Col. Sarit Zehavi, founder and president of the Alma Research and Education Center and a 15-year Israeli Intelligence Corps veteran, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the new FPV drones are \u201ctruly a problem,\u201d especially the fiber-optic variant that has been used more over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Militaries have spent years building up their defenses against drone warfare, with one of the most effective methods being the use of electronic jamming to sever the radio connection between the operator and the drone. Fiber-optic drones solve this problem with a simple solution: The drone is connected to the operator with a thin wire that can stretch for miles in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs everything in wars and everything in this field, defense is not 100%, and the more stupid the technology is, the more difficult it is to intercept it,\u201d Zehavi said. \u201cWe are seeing this with those drones from Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The increased use of FPV drones has triggered a panic among some Israeli commanders, who warn that point defense is no longer adequate to counter the threat. Senior Israeli military officers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/bkivvig0zl\">told<\/a> <em>Ynet News <\/em>that the new threat necessitated an expansion of the war, with a concentration of strikes north of the Litani River to hit drone supply chain centers in the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current situation plays into Hezbollah\u2019s hands \u2014 the rules must be changed,\u201d the officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The officials said new strikes must target infrastructure, equipment depots, operational units, and supply chains tied to Hezbollah\u2019s new drone network. In doing this, the Israeli military could increase the costs of using nominally inexpensive FPV drones, forcing the group to ration the weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Zehavi agreed with this approach, with some caveats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree with them, except I don\u2019t think our attacks are because of those FPV drones,\u201d she said, arguing that the overall Israeli military strategy should be the incessant weakening of Hezbollah across all fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks on the drone supply chain should only take place amid a wider strategic air campaign, including attacks against Hezbollah\u2019s smuggling routes, decision-making centers, and manufacturing hubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t confuse strategic with tactical,\u201d Zehavi said.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding the war, fully tossing aside the ceasefire, could carry political risks, however. President Donald Trump has pushed against Jerusalem over its conduct in Lebanon, lobbying for the maintenance of the ceasefire to focus on reaching a deal with Iran. He told <em>Axios<\/em> on Wednesday that he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to carry out only surgical strikes in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-threat-without-a-clear-solution\">\u2018A threat without a clear solution\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Israel\u2019s response to the new fiber-optic FPV drone threat reflects initial efforts from Russia and Ukraine to counter each other\u2019s drones, with social media footage showing some Israeli military vehicles covered in netting, designed to catch the light drones before they can detonate.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Israeli military official who recently returned from Lebanon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/news-features\/israel-now-using-netting-to-protect-combat-vehicles-against-scourge-of-hezbollah-drones\">told<\/a> the <em>War Zone<\/em> that with the new drones, Israel faces \u201ca threat without a clear solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s been shown in the video seems more like an experimental concept rather than something that is already operational in the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn practice, forces are using various improvised solutions \u2014 fishing nets, camouflage nets, even soccer nets, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drills involving small-arms fire<\/a> at drones,\u201d the official added. \u201cHowever, I personally haven\u2019t seen the specific net system mentioned being used on the ground yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While agreeing that the FPV drones were a new challenge, Zehavi cautioned against overstating their impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a game-changer,\u201d she argued. \u201cI think it\u2019s another challenge on the battlefield that we have to face and we have to deal with, and we will become better and better with experience, like everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4549083\/iran-mojtaba-khamenei-declares-us-only-place-persian-gulf-bottom-waters\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4549083\/iran-mojtaba-khamenei-declares-us-only-place-persian-gulf-bottom-waters\/\">IRAN\u2019S UNSEEN LEADER DECLARES US\u2019S ONLY PLACE IN GULF IS \u2018AT THE BOTTOM OF ITS WATERS\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zehavi doubted the proliferation of FPV drones would have a truly decisive impact on the war overall, comparing it to previous technological improvements Hezbollah has adopted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s this kind of technology, and in the future, it\u2019s a different one,\u201d Zehavi said. \u201cAnd the next day it\u2019s Cornet missiles, and afterwards, it\u2019s rockets. And it doesn\u2019t matter. It is all around the same issue that you have another entity, a state within a state situation in Lebanon, that the Lebanese Government has enabled this to happen, and we are the only ones who are fighting this. That\u2019s it, that\u2019s the bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel struggles in Lebanon after Hezbollah adopts Ukraine\u2019s drone innovation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2597161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111498953200.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[78876,24658,4671],"class_list":["post-2597160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fpv-drones-2","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111498953200.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597165,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597160\/revisions\/2597165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}