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Hezbollah drone units continue to inflict some serious losses on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), mainly using fiber optic-guided first-person view (FPV) suicide quadcopters.
On June 14 and 15, the group released videos showing nine recent drone strikes, which hit three Merkava Mk 4M main battle tanks, two Namer armored personnel carriers (APC), an M113 APC — very likely converted into a ground drone —, two Israeli soldiers, and a camouflaged post.
Many of the strikes took place to the north of the Litani River, which Israeli troops crossed last month in a bid to expand their ground control in southern Lebanon.
The videos show clear hits, especially against soldiers. Despite this, the IDF has not acknowledged any fatalities in recent days.
Fiber optic-guided FPV suicide quadcopters, which are cheap and easy to manufacturer, have been a gamechanger for Hezbollah.
These drones made up for the supply routes Hezbollah lost in Syria, and turned what Israel planned to be a safe zone in southern Lebanon into a kill zone.
The IDF is said to be working on a solution to the threat posed by Hezbollah’s fiber optic-guided FPV suicide quadcopters — which are completely immune to electronic warfare. However, defense officials have cautioned that a system to counter such drones will not come soon, and will not provide complete protection.
Israel has been weighing expanding its control in southern Lebanon even further in response to Hezbollah’s repeated drone attacks, but the recent peace deal between the United States and Iran will likely complicate any such plans.
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