News analysis
Hezbollah’s small but deadly drones changing the game in war with Israel
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People watching the Lebanese side of the border from Metula, in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, on June 28, amid an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
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- Hezbollah uses cheap, fibre-optic connected explosive drones that bypass Israeli radar and electronic defences, causing significant Israeli military casualties since March.
- The drone is made of various plastic mouldings, materials that evade detection by Israel’s radar systems.
- The public discussion in Israel about these drones is unusual and may be used by Netanyahu to justify continuing military action despite pressures to stop.
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LONDON – Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia in Lebanon, continues despite last week’s agreement between the governments of Israel and Lebanon on a supposed “lasting peace and security” brokered by the United States.
The Israeli military claimed on June 29 that it had destroyed a 200m-long underground tunnel allegedly used by Hezbollah fighters to infiltrate into Israel. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem responded by vowing to fight on, rejecting any agreement with Israel as “humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty”.
