IDF drone

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves. 

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026; Illustrative.
IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights.

Dozens of drones entered Gaza Strip over recent months, fears Hamas could use in attack - report

A DJI Mini 3 drone flies above the ground on February 8, 2026 in Radstock, England.

Israel Shipyards launches AREONOUS to hunt FPV drones with autonomous net-launching kits

Illustrative image of a drone

Why Lebanon’s deadliest tool still dominates, and the path to stopping it runs backward - opinion


Former Mossad chief: We must take the Iranian threats very seriously

Yatom says the Iranian drone Israel shot down was an exact replica of a US drone that fell in Iran.

A display of missiles and a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

The Iranian drone: When advanced technology comes back to bite us

Iran, Hezbollah and others have increasingly used drones – a technology significantly promoted by both the US and Israel.

A drone (illustrative)

Israel’s eye in the sky is crossing deeper into enemy territory

The new version of the IDF’s Skylark will be able to fly further and send back higher-resolution pictures.

The IDF's Skylark drone

Special report: Israel unprepared for terror, domestic drone threats

The IDF “has not developed a complete response” and “needs to immediately carry out more preparatory work” to address the issue.

An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle stands on the tarmac at an air base in Emmen, Switzerland

Israel Air Force upgrading its long-range strategic Eitan drone

Upgrades would bring the drone to the scale of the high-altitude long-range Global Hawk drone.

Israel's Eitan Drone

WATCH: Air Force declares full operational capability of upgraded drone

Hermes 900 "Kochav" drone had its first flight during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 over the skies of the Gaza Strip.

The IDF Hermes 900 Kochav Drone

IDF drone crashes in West Bank

Incident marks the Sixth crash of a Sky Rider drone this year

Israeli "Skylark" drone crash site inIsraeli "Skylark" drone crash site in Lebanon, May 2017.

Female officer takes command of IDF Artillery Corps' drone unit

Lt.Col. Reut Retig Weiss becomes second woman to ever be appointed commander of a combat unit

An Israeli soldier launches a Skylark unmanned aerial vehicle near the border with Gaza Strip

IDF Skylark drone crashes in Gaza

In the second such incident in a week, an IDF drone crashes in Gaza.

Israeli "Skylark" drone crash site inIsraeli "Skylark" drone crash site in Lebanon, May 2017.

Israeli surveillance drone crashes in Bethlehem

The IDF is investigating the cause of the crash.

Israeli "Skylark" drone crash site inIsraeli "Skylark" drone crash site in Lebanon, May 2017.