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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-711029
The Escalating Iran-Hizbullah Drone Threat
(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - Iran has rapidly expanded its drone program and encouraged its proxies in the region to develop their own drone technology. These drones are often kamikaze ones, meaning they have a warhead and are designed to fly into their target. By 2018, Hizbullah and Iran - along with the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, Iranian-backed militias in Syria and militias linked to Iran in Iraq - all had drone capabilities. The Alma Research and Education Center said in December 2021 that Hizbullah has 2,000 drones. Last year it is believed that Iran moved Shahed 136 drones to Yemen. These may have a range that enables them to strike Eilat.