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<div class="gmail-domain-border"></div><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Eight Israeli Soldiers Injured as Hezbollah Expands Fiber-Optic Drone Operations</h1>May 7, 2026</div>
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Hezbollah intensifies FPV drone attacks as Israeli occupation forces acknowledge mounting casualties. (Photo: video grab)
<p><strong>By <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff" title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong> </p>
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<h3><span>Eight Israeli soldiers were reportedly wounded in Hezbollah
drone attacks as Israeli officials warned that the threat is expanding.</span></h3>
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<h2><b>Key Developments</b></h2>
<ul><li><span>Eight Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured in Hezbollah drone and explosive attacks in southern Lebanon.</span></li><li><span>Maariv warned Hezbollah drone capabilities could threaten the West Bank and central Israel.</span></li><li><span>Internal IOF document reportedly described fiber-optic drones as immune to conventional electronic warfare.</span></li></ul>
<h4><b>Hezbollah Attacks Israeli Forces</b></h4>
<p><span>The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah carried out multiple
attacks against Israeli occupation forces operating in southern Lebanon
on Wednesday, according to Lebanese and Israeli media reports.</span></p>
<p><span>According to Israeli media, eight Israeli soldiers were injured
in attacks involving Hezbollah drones targeting occupation forces in
southern Lebanon.</span></p>
<p><span>The Israeli army later confirmed that one soldier was seriously
wounded and three others lightly injured after an explosive device
detonated against an Israeli force in southern Lebanon.</span></p>
<p><span>According to the occupation army spokesperson, the wounded
soldiers were transferred to hospitals for treatment and their families
were notified.</span></p>
<h4><b>\u2018Direct Hit\u2019</b></h4>
<p><span>Hezbollah announced that its fighters targeted a gathering of
Israeli soldiers in the town of Aita al-Shaab using a drone strike that
achieved a \u201cdirect hit.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span>The group also targeted gatherings of Israeli vehicles and
soldiers in the towns of Rashaf and Adshit al-Qusayr using rocket
barrages and artillery shelling.</span></p>
<p><span>Israeli media additionally reported sirens sounding in the
settlement of Misgav Am amid fears of hostile drone infiltration from
Lebanon.</span></p>
<p><span>Meanwhile, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported growing
concern within the Israeli security establishment over Hezbollah\u2019s
expanding drone capabilities.</span></p>
<p><span>The newspaper warned that Hezbollah\u2019s use of fiber-optic drones
in southern Lebanon could eventually extend to the occupied West Bank
and threaten settlements near the so-called seam line, Sharon region,
and central occupied Palestine.</span></p>
<p><span>Maariv acknowledged that Israel has not yet developed a complete solution to confront the drone threat.</span></p>
<p><span>The report noted that Hezbollah modified commercially available
drones by equipping them with explosive payloads and linking them to
fiber-optic guidance systems, creating a closed operational network
immune to conventional electronic warfare and jamming systems.</span></p>
<h4><b>Internal Document Warns of Vulnerabilities</b></h4>
<p><span>Separately, Al Mayadeen cited an internal Israeli army document
warning about the growing threat posed by fiber-optic guided explosive
drones.</span></p>
<p><span>According to Israeli Army Radio military correspondent Doron
Kadosh, the document described areas extending 15 to 20 kilometers from
the front lines as no longer safe from drone attacks.</span></p>
<p><span>The paper reportedly warned that \u201cevery assembly area, vehicle
position, temporary headquarters, or exposed movement falls within the
direct crosshairs of fiber-optic guided drones.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span>The document also stressed that traditional electronic warfare
systems are ineffective because the drones operate through physical
fiber-optic connections rather than radio frequencies.</span></p>
<p><span>The Israeli document reportedly recommended urgent deployment
of autonomous anti-drone systems, expanded use of machine guns and
rapid-fire weapons, as well as the distribution of 12-gauge shotguns
equipped with specialized anti-drone ammunition.</span></p>
<p><span>However, Kadosh criticized Israeli authorities for delaying implementation despite the threat being known for more than a year.</span></p>
<p><span>The Israeli Ministry of Security acknowledged the drone threat
and said technological countermeasures remain under development,
claiming some systems are already operational while others are still
undergoing testing.</span></p>
<p><span>The ministry admitted the evolving drone threat presents
unprecedented technological challenges requiring solutions \u201cthat do not
yet exist anywhere in the world.\u201d</span></p>
<p><i><span>(PC, QNN, Al Mayadeen)</span></i></p>
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