Can Hezbollah dominate the lower air battlefield against Israel?

Can Hezbollah dominate the lower air battlefield against Israel? Submitted by Omar Ashour on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 16:25 Hezbollah's fibre-optic drones are not a wonder weapon, but they expose Israel's low-altitude vulnerability A giant banner depicting a drone bearing the emblem of Hezbollah is pictured on a building in the Iranian capital Tehran, on 31 August 2024 (Atta Kenare/AFP) On The new sound of war on Israel ’s northern front is not the roar of a fighter jet, nor the launch signature of a ballistic missile. Rather, it is the hum of fibre-optic drones: cheap enough to lose, precise enough to matter, and difficult enough to jam that they expose a doctrinal gap in the Israeli military.