Hezbollah’s fibre optic drones leave Israeli troops rattled

The rugged landscape along the Israeli-Lebanese border and the rolling plains of Donbas are not much alike. But in recent weeks the roads and mountain passes in the area of southern Lebanon occupied by Israeli troops have come to resemble those in eastern Ukraine. In both theatres netted cages stretching for miles surround the highways as a defensive measure to prevent enemy drones from attacking passing tanks and troop carriers. Hezbollah, which has been fighting the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on and off since the October 7 attacks, has used drones for more than 20 years, although until very recently…