{"id":465792,"date":"2026-05-29T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465792\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:43:09","slug":"idf-believes-hamas-has-fiber-optic-drones-in-gaza-still-no-solution-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465792\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF believes Hamas has fiber-optic drones in Gaza, still no solution found"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IDF believes that Hamas is operating fiber-optic drones in the Gaza Strip<\/a>, similar to the drones Hezbollah uses to inflict casualties and injuries in the North, a Southern Command officer told Walla.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be prepared for a scenario involving the use of gliders (parachute drones) and rocket barrages,\u201d the officer said.<\/p>\n

He added, however, that at this stage, there is no assessment of escalation or any indication of immediate plans to use these weapons against Israel or IDF troops.<\/p>\n

The army admitted that despite the time since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, and multiple efforts in Israel and abroad to counter the threat<\/a>, there is still no complete solution for intercepting fiber-optic drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Closing the operational gap against these aircraft, which have a low radar and electronic signature, remains a major challenge.<\/p>\n

Unlike drones that rely on wireless radio frequency transmission, fiber-optic drones trail a thin fiber-optic cable that transmits data and commands directly from the operator to the aircraft.<\/p>\n

This gives them complete immunity to electronic warfare systems, allows HD-quality video transmission without delay, and enables precise strikes against concealed targets or those inside buildings, all without risk of signal disruption.<\/p>\n

Military and security sources say that after a series of discussions in the Defense Ministry and the IDF, several technological solutions have been proposed to address the threat.<\/p>\n

Above all, they emphasized that strict adherence to proper operational precautionary conduct in the field remains the first and most critical line of defense.<\/p>\n

Walla has learned that even during Hamas\u2019s first wave of attacks on the border on October 7, the group used fiber-optic drones to \u201cblind\u201d the sector and target observation systems.<\/p>\n

Investigations found that Hamas smuggled the drones with assistance from Iran and Hezbollah, relying on training and knowledge provided by Hezbollah in Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the years leading up to the war, these drones were widely used in Syria and in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. While Israel\u2019s defense establishment was aware of the developing threat, it was still caught off guard by the precise use of these tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IDF believes that Hamas is operating fiber-optic drones in the Gaza Strip, similar to the drones Hezbollah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16606,21754,50,51,42,86,1031,61,88,43,58,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-465792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-drone","tag-drone-attack","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-the-october-7-massacre","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}