Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the IDF has been mitigating the threat of drones against Israel for the past six years at his direction during a Sunday afternoon cabinet meeting.
“At my request, the IDF installed canopies on the tanks. That was one measure,” Netanyahu said, adding that the IDF and the Defense Ministry had done “a great deal over the years,” thwarting “many hundreds, if not thousands, including UAVs, thousands of attempted drone and UAV strikes against our forces.”
Netanyahu stated that the IDF was succeeding in their efforts against the drones.
“Every time there is a new threat, they succeed in neutralizing it,” he said.
This comes after a KAN News report emerged on Sunday morning that the IDF is incapable of destroying the current threat of Hezbollah drones.
The prime minister announced the formation of a new team to combat the Fiber-Optic/First-Person View (FPV) drones Hezbollah is using, labeling them “a specific type of threat.”
The team comprises individuals from the Defense Ministry, others from the defense industries, and those from the civilian sector.
Netanyahu met with the team three times in the past two weeks and told them they had an unlimited budget.
“Whatever it costs, it costs. You also have no limits, as far as I know, to your creativity and imagination, because you are the best in the world,” Netanyahu said he told the team.
Netanyahu says Israel 'very close' to killing all who planned October 7 massacre
Netanyahu also said that Israel was “very close” to killing everyone involved in planning the October 7th massacre.
“We have Hamas in our grip,” the prime minister said.
He reiterated Israel’s accomplishments, including the elimination of Hamas leader Izz ad-Din al-Haddad over the weekend and Israel’s recovery of all hostages held in Gaza.
Netanyahu added that Israel was monitoring the situation in Iran, and that he would be speaking on Sunday, as he does “every few days” with US President Donald Trump.
Miriam Sela-Eitam contributed to this report.