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Drone Wars

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel faces a challenging new front as Iran-funded low-tech drones, used by groups like Hezbollah and the Houthis, bypass sophisticated air defenses and cause significant damage in civilian and military areas. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdfHezbollahIranMilitary TechnologyDronesAsymmetrical WarfareHouthiAerial DefenseRadar Evasion

Places mentioned

Hurfeish, Northern District, Israel
"When the Magen David Adom teams reached the soccer field in Hurfeish, a Druze village in northern Israel, they found a war zone."
Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"In Tel Aviv, a Houthi drone fired from Yemen penetrated Israels air defenses without advance warning and struck downtown, killing one person."
Eilat, Southern District, Israel
"In the south, an Iraqi drone penetrated through Jordan and struck a navy base in Eilat; another one hit a base in the Aravah."
Karmiel, Haifa District, Israel
"At the critical Rafael defense factory between Karmiel and Acco, two workers were injured."
Acco, Haifa District, Israel
"At the critical Rafael defense factory between Karmiel and Acco, two workers were injured."
Caesarea, Haifa District, Israel
"The prime ministers house in Caesarea was badly damaged in one attack last month, and in a Golani infantry training base in Binyamina, four soldiers were killed and 58 wounded in an attack that shocked the country."
Binyamina, Haifa District, Israel
"The prime ministers house in Caesarea was badly damaged in one attack last month, and in a Golani infantry training base in Binyamina, four soldiers were killed and 58 wounded in an attack that shocked the country."
Lebanon
"For a group of tired soldiers whod stopped to rest, downtime had turned deadly as a Hezbollah drone slammed into the open space just over a mile from the Lebanon border with no warning."
Yemen
"In Tel Aviv, a Houthi drone fired from Yemen penetrated Israels air defenses without advance warning and struck downtown, killing one person."
Iraq
"In the south, an Iraqi drone penetrated through Jordan and struck a navy base in Eilat; another one hit a base in the Aravah."
Jordan
"In the south, an Iraqi drone penetrated through Jordan and struck a navy base in Eilat; another one hit a base in the Aravah."
Iran
"Irans low-tech drones have created a deadly new battlespace, baffling advanced air defense systems and causing havoc across home front and military bases alike."

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