[UPDATE-Aug 16-to-18] Israel-Lebanon-Iran War, Hezbollah, Gaza and Hamas: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

⚡[UPDATE-Day 315-Aug 16] Hezbollah probing Israel’s air defense for weakness The Lebanese Shi’ite group and Iran have been systematically studying Israeli air defenses and adapting their tactics, navy officer tells JNS. Hezbollah’s increased deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles into northern Israeli airspace is designed to expose vulnerabilities in the Jewish state’s air defense systems. The Iranian-backed terror army has been leveraging its proximity to Israel to study and search for loopholes, flying UAVs at low altitudes and launching them from southern Lebanese valleys to evade Israeli detection and interception systems, primarily Iron Dome. Hezbollah has also systematically practiced its ability…