Ukraine war tech emerges in Middle East, creating a new battlefield threat Last updated: April 30, 2026 | 10:51 The nearly invisible drone weapon now changing the Israel-Hezbollah war. AP Tel Aviv: Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection. These drones - used widely in the war in Ukraine - are small, hard to track and potentially lethal. Get updated faster and for  FREE : Download the  Gulf News  app now - simply  click here . Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin. But fiber-optic drones are not controlled remotely. They have a thin cable that connects an operator directly to the drone, making it impossible to electronically jam.…