Drone Attack

The IDF said this morning that it intercepted a drone detected near the Jordan border. Officials have not said where it was launched from. Two drones were intercepted along the border yesterday as well. Current assessment: they were launched from Iraq.

CENTCOM has released the first footage of explosive unmanned surface vessels used in combat, revealing their role in a strike on an Iranian naval facility in Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz

At a major arms expo in Paris, the French military introduced an upgraded Leclerc tank with a dedicated anti-drone protective cage—offering a glimpse of how armored warfare is changing in an era shaped by explosive drones and artificial intelligence.

The IDF says an explosive drone hit the Shomera sector this morning, wounding 12 soldiers—two moderately and ten lightly. Troops from the IDF’s ultra-Orthodox Hashmonaim Brigade helped evacuate the wounded. Several other soldiers were treated for anxiety and ear ringing. Around midday, interceptors launched near the Lebanon border and the IDF began hitting Hezbollah infrastructure; a launcher was destroyed in the Mount Dov area.