What types of deadly drones is Hezbollah using against Israel?
As drone attacks become more deadly, it’s worth asking what is known about the types of drones that Hezbollah and Iranian proxies are using in their attacks.
Herzliya
Hezbollah drone attack on IDF base marks major escalation in precision strike capability
Hezbollah's recent drone attack on an IDF base marks a significant escalation, demonstrating the group's precision strike capabilities and increased lethality.
Op-eds
Breaking down Hezbollah’s rocket strategy: the Short-Range Threat
Hezbollah entered the 2006 war against Israel with an arsenal of 14,000 projectiles – a mixture of rockets and missiles of various ranges. By the end of the 34-day conflict, Hezbollah had lost approximately...
Op-eds
Iran Building Airport in Lebanon Just Miles from Israeli Border
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant announced on September 11 that Iran was building an airport in Lebanon a mere 12 miles from the Israeli border. Gallant disclosed the news...
Flash Briefs
Iranian Nuclear Advances Provoke Israeli Warning of Military Action
The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF’s) chief of staff said on May 23 that Israel may take “action” against Iran’s nuclear facilities due to “possible negative developments...
Flash Briefs
Druze Clues
Co-written by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi The market for extremism has been so disrupted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS) and its penchant for extraordinary...
Op-eds
Iran Working as Strategic Partner with Hezbollah Against Israel
Co-authored by Jonathan Spyer All is not quiet on the northern front between Israel and Syria/Lebanon. The recen...
Op-eds
The Jihadist Governance Dilemma
Co-authored by Amichai Magen After making astounding territorial gains in its war against the Iraqi government, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – which has refash...
Op-eds
Report Warns of Hezbollah, Iran Threats in Balkans
A leading Balkan-based website covering the region’s politics published in late March a comprehensive study on Israeli-Balkan relations and the threat of Hezbollah, along with its chief spo...
Op-eds
EU Ignores Most of Hezbollah Terror in Ban Decision
The 27-member European Union has largely circled the wagons around the investigation into Hezbollah’s role in the July...
Op-eds
Israel-Hamas Fight More Risky in a Changed Mideast
When Israel launched retaliatory air and ground attacks against Palestinians in 2008, Egypt's president at the time showed no sympathy for the Palestinian cause. He closed the border with th...
Op-eds
Analysis: Hezbollah’s Lethal Anti-Semitism
There are a great many reasons whirling around within European foreign ministries to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Compelling arguments include the Lebanese Shi’ite group&rsqu...
Op-eds
German Firms Still Ship Dual-Use Goods to Iran
Germany’s multi-billion euro bilateral trade relationship with Iran continues unabated, even as evidence mounts that the Islamic Republic is determined to build a nuclear weapons capability...
Op-eds
How to Kill an Economy
Egypt sours on its (lucrative) gas deal with Israel.
Op-eds
Beat the Clock
From an American perspective, it seems that the White House has finally gotten serious about bringing the Iranian nuclear program to a halt. After President Obama’s policy of engagement cam...
Op-eds
How to Target the Islamic Republic Diplomatically
The International Atomic Energy Agency report released on Tuesday confirmed the West’s suspicions that the Islamic Republic is working on a nuclear weapons system. According to the the Vien...
Op-eds
New Fronts Call for New Capacities
As a longtime advocate for the creation of a unified regional combatant command for Africa; an idea for which, in a column published in this very space last year, I argued "the time is now"; I wa...
Op-eds
U.N.’s Human Shields
As part of international efforts to end the conflict in southern Lebanon, there has emerged the scheme of a United Nations peacekeeping force to separate the opposing forces. NPR reports that U.N...