Horror ‘Swarm of drones’: The attack on Sunday took place near the town of Binyamina, south of Haifa
From: The Guardian October 14, 2024 US intervention (THAAD) points to growing concerns over Big problems with Israel’s air defences
As Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah and Iran has escalated, it has begun to show a degree of vulnerability.
A Hezbollah drone evaded Israel’s much vaunted air defences on Sunday and struck a military canteen when it was busy with soldiers eating dinner. Four were killed and 58 wounded, seven seriously, at a location 40 miles south of the Lebanese border.
The drone that hit the canteen of the Golani base near Binyamina appears to have been part of a synchronised attack that allowed it to elude the country’s well organised air defences.
Three drones flew from Lebanon over the Mediterranean, and though they were all initially spotted, and two shot down, the other was able to reach its target.
Why the third drone got away, eluding fighter jets, helicopters and the Iron Dome defence system, is a subject of urgent inquiry by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Hezbollah has been refining its attack strategy, and timing the drone attack with rockets, helped complicate the picture for the defenders.
