The Lebanese Hezbollah organization, which the report described as a “terrorist” organization, is increasingly displaying its capabilities to manufacture drones and use them to harass Israel. This is what the Israeli writer Seth J. Frantzman, Middle East analyst, highlights it in analyze it Published in the Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post”.
The writer began his analysis by referring to the celebration of the Iranian “Tasnim” news agency with the drone belonging to the Hezbollah group following it entered Israeli airspace last Friday, February 18, 2022. In fact, this drone was one of several accidents of drones. It has approached Israeli airspace in recent days. Last Thursday, February 17, 2022, the Israeli army shot down a drone that flew to Israel from Lebanon. There was also another drone incident on the Gaza border.
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The writer explains that Friday’s accident with a pilot appears to be more serious, because it came days following the Secretary-General announcedHezbollahHassan Nasrallah said that his group is manufacturing more drones. This highlights the rapidly emerging risks and threats.
And the “Tasnim” news agency reported that Hezbollah flew a drone called “Al-Hassan” over Israeli airspace, explaining that this flight took place “during an intelligence operation that lasted 40 minutes at a depth of 70 km in the occupied Palestinian territories, and despite the enemy’s attempts To destroy it, the drone returned safely to Lebanon.”
As a way of bragging regarding the success achieved by Hezbollah, the Iranian media highlighted some reports issued by the Israeli media regarding the drone incident. The Israeli army announced that “this radio-controlled aircraft crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon and was tracked by the Israeli Air Force on Friday. A number of sirens were sounded in the area in accordance with the standard protocol.”
The IDF added that “the IDF’s air defense systems identified and tracked the threat, along with the helicopters and combat aircraft that were sent. The Iron Dome air defense system began operating to intercept aircraft. After a few minutes, the radio-guided planes returned to Lebanon.”
successful operation
The writer notes that the Iranian media said that this drone incident was a successful operation by Hezbollah because it returned safely to Lebanon and was not intercepted by the Israeli defense forces, in addition to that it caused the sirens to sound in northern Israel.
In this regard, some Iranian media reported that “the Israeli air defense systems tried to shoot down the drone, and even Iron Dome fired a Tamir missile, but the Hezbollah drone managed to return to Lebanon and land safely. The Israeli Air Force also prepared Apache warplanes and helicopters to shoot down the Hezbollah drone, but it failed to do so.
The writer notes that the Iranian media are currently publishing reports regarding the Israeli media’s handling of this incident. She cited a question raised by an Israeli media report: “In the event of a war in the future, how will the Israeli Air Force deal with 3,000 missiles and missiles when it is not able to intercept a single drone?”
Is Hezbollah preparing for the next war?
The writer points out that these drone accidents come days following Nasrallah boasted that Hezbollah had been manufacturing drones for years. Nasrallah also indicated that Hezbollah might export this technology. In 2019, a number of Hezbollah operatives were involved in transporting drones to an area near the Golan. This team was subsequently killed in an air strike.
Iran had targeted Israel with drones in February 2018 and in May 2021, using aircraft from Syria and Iraq. A new report by the Israeli Alma think tank stated that the terrorist group Hezbollah had regarding 2,000 drones in place in December.
Hezbollah owns several types of drones and has been using them for years. It is true that there are still questions regarding what kind of drone has been dubbed “Al-Hassan,” but the more important issue in general is that Hezbollah is increasingly demonstrating its ability to build and use drones to annoy Israel, potentially using them to test defenses in preparation. for any future war.
The writer concludes his analysis by saying that Hezbollah’s boasting of this ability a few days before the incident of the drone that flew over Israeli airspace shows how Hezbollah is sending Israel a message with its movements.
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