Israel FPV Drone: Recent video shared on X shows the IDF using small radio-controlled FPV drones against Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon. One clip shows an FPV racing toward two men on a motorbike. The view is the usual FPV kind, with a shaky screen and the rotor blades only partly visible at the edge. The pilot overtakes them, hits the driver, and the bike and both fighters go down.
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A second drone flying overhead watches the strike. Another video released on April 7 showed a similar attack on a man on a motorbike, but that one was shown only from the FPV pilot’s own view. “The view from an observer drone as an IDF FPV closes with two Hezbollah fighters on a motorbike.”
A New Drone Tool for the IDF
FPV means first-person view. In simple words, the pilot wears goggles and uses a joystick to fly the drone as if sitting inside it. This makes the drone small, fast, and cheap compared with bigger strike weapons. The IDF is treating it as a useful extra tool, not as a replacement for its jets, artillery, or armoured forces. Calibre’s own comment sums it up in a short line: “FPVs are another tool in the IDF arsenal.”
The army’s drone buying has also grown fast. In 2025, Israel’s Defense Ministry ordered 5,000 FPV drones from Xtend. In April 2026, a new tender called for 12,000 more FPV assault drones. The newer order included night vision cameras and other higher-end parts, which pushed the price up a lot. The earlier drones were estimated at about NIS 3,500 each. The newer ones could cost NIS 20,000 to 25,000 each. The total tender could reach about NIS 30 million. The newer spec also dropped the need for Chinese parts and pointed to a more Western supply chain.
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Hezbollah’s Drone Fight Back
Hezbollah has also been using small drones of its own against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. AP reports that some of these are fiber-optic drones, which are linked to the operator by a thin cable instead of radio control. That makes them hard to jam in the normal way. AP also reported that Hezbollah has posted videos of these attacks, including strikes that killed an Israeli soldier and a civilian Defense Ministry contractor. Times of Israel has also reported that Hezbollah has repeatedly used FPV drones against Israeli forces in recent weeks. S
