Ukraine War Discoveries and Israeli War Discoveries Aiding Each Other

Nadene Goldfoot                                               

Actually, the fact that there are wars happening in Ukraine and Israel gives me the Willies. Their enemy is Russia who is the mother lode of hitting Ukraine,  and also the mother lode of Iran who is the mother lode of terrorists of Gaza such as Hamas and their cohorts, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen.   The two are finding out that they can share discoveries that have helped them.  Small FPV drones are now replacing bombs hitting both countries, but are just as deadly.  How do they fight against this?     

                                    Warrant Officer (res.) Alexander Glovanyov (Courtesy)

Warrant Officer (res.) Alexander Glovanyov, 47, of Petah Tikva, who served as a transport vehicle driver in the 6924th Transport Battalion of the Transportation Center, was killed on Sunday by a Hezbollah FPV drone near the Lebanon border. During the attack, several explosive drones launched by Hezbollah struck in Israeli territory, close to the border with Lebanon. One of the drones killed Glovanyov, according to an IDF probe.                                                   

Wikipedia map, wrong about Golan Heights,  Israel effectively annexed the territory in 1981.. The international community (enemy) largely considers it occupied Syrian land. The United States officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in 2019,

As of May 2026, the Israel-Lebanon border, often referred to as the "Blue Line," is a highly militarized and contested, featuring a roughly \(120\text{ km}\) demarcation separating the two countries from the Mediterranean Sea to the Golan Heights. The area is marked by 272 blue barrels and is monitored by UNIFIL, passing near Israeli border communities like Metulla, Misgav Am, and Manara.  

                                                    

   These 3 reserve IDF were killed in October 2024

However,  three reserve soldiers were wounded Saturday in an FPV drone attack in the Shlomi area near the Lebanon border in 2026

Update: 11:19am: Two IDF soldiers were wounded last night in an explosive drone strike near the Lebanese border. Another drone was intercepted by the air force..                          

The IDF is employing measures to counter the FPV drone attacks, including distributing thousands of meters of fishing nets to troops to trap the drones. A pair of workers repair thousands of metres of turquoise fishing nets before they head back out to sea.They painstakingly check the vast nets for any sign of damage or wear before knitting them back together.

Once repaired, fishermen will use them to catch large shoals of anchovies off the coast of Vietnam. ·

FPV, or first-person-view, drones, are small aircraft guided by operators watching a live video feed and can be flown directly into targets. They have been used widely in the Russia-Ukraine war. 

Killer FPV Drones of Hezbollah

 Nadene Goldfoot                                         

Early today, 12 IDF soldiers were wounded when an explosive-laden first-person-view (FPV) drone directly struck a vehicle in the Shomera area near the Lebanese border. Shomera (Hebrew: שׁוֹמֵרָה, lit. 'Guard') is a moshav (a type of cooperative agricultural settlement in Israel) in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 428.  An Israel Defense Forces armory is located in the moshav.

Israel Defense Forces soldiers inside Southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, April 23, 2026. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.               

Sergeant Idan Fuchs, 19, was killed Sunday when a Hezbollah explosive drone struck his position in southern Lebanon. At Segula Military Cemetery in Petah Tikva, Sgt. Idan Fox, 19, was laid to rest after falling in combat in Lebanon. His mother, Meital, recalled being summoned to a “work meeting” at the council offices, where she received the devastating news.

Six other soldiers were wounded, four seriously. The IDF reports daily drone violations since the April 17 ceasefire took effect, as Hezbollah expands its core of FPV drone operators.

    A FPV drone used by Hezbollah against IDF

Two of the soldiers were moderately wounded and the others sustained light injuries.

 The FPV drones are operated via a thin fiber-optic cable, allowing operators to transmit commands and real-time video without using radio waves, making them resistant to electronic warfare jamming.

Russian FPV Operators Can Control Drones From Hundreds Of Miles Away so they say....

 IDF officers are calling for removing operational constraints and shifting to a more offensive approach, aimed not only at stopping individual drones but at striking the systems behind them. 

This would include targeting infrastructure, equipment depots, operational units and supply chains tied to the drone network.

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