Ukraine war tech emerges in Middle East, creating a new battlefield threat

Last updated: April 30, 2026 | 10:51

The nearly invisible drone weapon now changing the Israel-Hezbollah war. AP

Tel Aviv: Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection.

These drones - used widely in the war in Ukraine - are small, hard to track and potentially lethal.

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Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin.

But fiber-optic drones are not controlled remotely.…