The Washington Post

For years, the standoff on Israel’s border was between the massive rocket stockpile of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and the vaunted Iron Dome antimissile system that ably handled most incoming rockets and artillery.

But Hezbollah is deploying a deceptively simpler weapon from its arsenal to bypass this cornerstone of Israel’s national security strategy: high-speed, low-flying drones — many just commercial-grade — to gather intelligence and drop explosives.

As these uncrewed aircraft hit military sites and private homes in Israel, they are also resurfacing debates around the decade-old air defense system, which many worry provides an imperfect shield against Israel’s various enemies — especially as they experiment with new weapons and new ways of using old ones.

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