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Hezbollah's new weapon: Israeli forces facing unjammable fibre-optic drones
May 2, 2026
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Hezbollah is increasingly using a new kind of weapon in its fight against Israeli forces. The armed group is employing small fibre-optic drones to attack soldiers and tanks inside Lebanon. They’re cheap, very difficult to detect, and can’t be jammed. Weapons and tactics born out of the war in Ukraine are spreading. Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel reports.
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