Amid a spike in Hezbollah drone strikes against Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he has initiated a counter-drone project.

“A few weeks ago, I ordered the establishment of a special project to counter the drone threat,” he said in a video statement, “and already today I will be presented with a progress report on the matter.”

“It will take time — but we are on it,” he insisted.

First-person view (FPV) drones in Lebanon have been an increasingly prominent weapon in Hezbollah’s arsenal during the current fighting, and have proven difficult to intercept.

In recent weeks, Hezbollah has released multiple videos showing small FPV drones homing in on Israeli tanks and vehicles across southern Lebanon. Some of these relatively cheap drones are guided by fiber optic cables, making them effectively immune to electronic jamming.

Last week, one such drone piloted by Hezbollah operatives slammed into Israeli soldiers repairing their tank in southern Lebanon, killing Sgt. Idan Fooks and wounding six others, four of them seriously.

Other attacks using FPV drones have caused dozens of injuries.

Hezbollah had already deployed FPV drones against Israeli targets during fighting in 2024, albeit on a more limited scale. Such drones have become a defining feature of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Israel is adopting the same technology. Last year, the Defense........

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