{"id":86056,"date":"2021-05-14T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86056"},"modified":"2021-05-14T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T07:05:22","slug":"22-05-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86056","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s hand seen in Hamas drone threat against Israel &#8211; analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/irans-hand-seen-in-hamas-drone-threat-against-israel-analysis-668110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran\u2019s hand seen in Hamas drone threat against Israel &#8211; analysis<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SETH J. FRANTZMAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why do drone threats matter? Because drones can carry warheads and also move slowly and may maneuver.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/474911\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 4, 2021. Picture taken January 4, 2021 \/ (photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY\/WANA\/REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel has increasingly had to deal with drone threats by Hamas, and said on Thursday that it downed a UAV that crossed from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The new drone threat has also been showcased by Hamas in a video circulated online that shows the Palestinian terror group with several medium-size drones in Gaza. Hamas says its new drones are called \u201cShehab.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Drone Experts such as Nick Waters and others have pointed out the close connection between the Hamas \u201cShehab\u201d and the Iranian Ababil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IDF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IDF<\/a> release footage of the targeting of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hamas<\/a> Al-Qassam new suicide drone, just dubbed by themselves as the &quot;Shehab&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wxktDZi1zC\">pic.twitter.com\/wxktDZi1zC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuroraIntel\/status\/1392831598131826698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF has released video of the drone flying and being shot down. These drones appear to be based on Iranian Ababil drones, models of which have been exported to the Houthis in Yemen, and which the Houthis built and used against Saudi Arabia. The US has warned for years about the Iranian drone threat, including putting Iran drones on display in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF said on Wednesday that it \u201cstruck a squad of terrorists operating explosive UAV launchers belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. The squad was struck while they were preparing to launch the UAV into Israeli territory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel also said on Wednesday that the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted a Hamas UAV that crossed from Gaza into Israeli territory. Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry has said that the Iron Dome system has new capabilities, developed and made operational over the years, that make it effective against drones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Why do drone threats matter? Because drones can carry warheads and also move slowly and may maneuver. Most of the Iranian-style drones, which are called \u201cloitering munitions\u201d or \u201ckamikaze\u201d drones, are the kind that can be programmed to fly to a certain destination and then sent on their way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">They are launched from a rail and can be transported on a truck or even a boat and launched that way. They have a propeller at the back, and gyroscope technology used in the drones for guidance links Iran to the drone exports that have gone to Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and even further afield, to be used in places like Sudan, Afghanistan, and Venezuela, according to various reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran used drones to attack the Abqaiq oil processing facilities in September 2019 that appeared to be a warning to Israel. Iran also used a drone flown from the T-4 base in Syria to attack Israel in 2018. It flew into Israeli airspace and was shot down by a helicopter. Iran also advised Hezbollah to send what Israel called a \u201ckiller drone\u201d team to an area near the Golan in 2019. Israel struck that team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There have been numerous drone incidents on the Lebanese border, and also several on the Syrian border. In addition, Israel\u2019s enemies have tried to shoot down Israeli drones. In March, Israel\u2019s IDF said \u201cduring routine IDF UAV activity over Lebanon, anti-aircraft missiles were fired toward the UAV. The aircraft was not hit and continued its mission as planned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last month Israel said that troops downed a drone and located an additional drone \u201cbelonging to the Hezbollah terror organization that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli airspace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF shot down another drone from Lebanon in January, and shot down a drone that flew from Lebanon in November. Additionally, there were drone infiltrations in July and August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In addition, Israel said it struck a drone site in September related to Hamas in Gaza. Israel said in September 2019 that \u201ca drone infiltrated into Israeli airspace from the Gaza Strip and dropped an explosive device on a military vehicle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">All this points to an increasing drone capability by Hamas, and this week\u2019s conflict has seen several references to Hamas\u2019s UAVs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel uses several terms for drones, usually calling the smaller quadcopters rakhfanim, and larger drones malatim, meaning a UAV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hamas drones that resemble the Ababil will likely have a warhead on the front and some sort of guidance system. They have two sets of wings, one toward the rear and a smaller set in the front, looking similar to a flying fish with fins. They are slightly longer than an average person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Apparently the design is relatively easy to manufacture because the Houthis have become experts at using drones to terrorize Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Some of these drones also have increasingly longer ranges. Concern in January pointed to a new drone based in Yemen among the Houthis,which had a 2,000-km. range that could reach Eilat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran has long boasted that it has drones with ranges of thousands of kilometers, and Iran has said it has increased the armaments it can put on the drones. That means Iran has a drone army that combines the kind of smart munition elements that cruise missiles have. The drones can be operationalized in swarms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran has also tried to copy the US Predator and Sentinel as well as other drones, adding munitions to them as has the US Reaper. However, Iran has had mixed success in this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It also has mixed success supplying the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah or Iraq-based militias with a way to fly the drones with a live video feed or have them return to base. This means that Iran\u2019s drones are still quite antiquated, and that its allies like Hamas possess drones that have outdated aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hamas drones are a threat because they can maneuver and fly low, but they still may be a blend between aspects of the V-1, \u2013 old Israeli drones from the 1980s \u2013 and cruise missiles. However, it is clear Iran is exporting its technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran first began using Ababils in the 1980s against Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war. They were built at a HESA factory that is based on a factory that was once built by Textron, which constructed Bell 214 helicopters prior to 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps today often uses the Ababil drones, and this makes sense because the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force oversees support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is believed that pro-Iran militias in Iraq have now used drones several times against US facilities. 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FRANTZMAN Why do drone threats matter? Because drones can carry warheads and also move slowly and may maneuver. A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 4, 2021. 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