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IDF general survives Hezbollah assassination attempt in southern Lebanon
Yossi Yehoshua
June 4, 2026

Hezbollah attempted to assassinate Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo with an explosive-laden first-person view (FPV) drone during a recent visit to southern Lebanon, military officials said on Thursday. The drone struck Milo’s vehicle shortly after he had gotten out. No injuries were reported. The attack highlighted the growing danger Hezbollah drones pose to IDF troops in southern Lebanon and reflected the ongoing tactical learning battle between the sides, with security officials saying Hezbollah has largely pulled back from direct gun battles while increasingly using low-cost drones to target soldiers, vehicles and military positions, including at night. READ MORE

DRONEXL Hezbollah imports Ukraine’s fiber-optic drone playbook, and Israel has no jammer for it Hezbollah is now killing Israeli soldiers with the same fiber-optic FPV drones that reshaped the battlefield in Ukraine, and Israel’s main counter-drone tool, electronic jamming, does nothing to stop them. Since April 2026, drones guided by thin optical cables have killed at least ten Israeli soldiers and one civilian in southern Lebanon, according to figures reported this week. The weapons fly with no radio link to jam, throw almost no radar or thermal signature, and unspool a hair-thin fiber line that carries an uncompressed video feed straight back to an operator who may be more than a dozen miles away.