Israel-Hamas war: IDF brings enormous blimp out of retirement to deter Hezbollah

6 January 2024 • 5:12pm

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has brought an enormous radar blimp out of retirement to patrol its border with Lebanon.

The Sky Dew, a white high-altitude balloon which is used to detect missiles and drones, was retired in 2022 amid unspecified setbacks in its development.

But it has now been confirmed to be back in use after being photographed over northern Israel on Saturday.

The experimental blimp’s redeployment comes amid an uptick in clashes between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanon border.

The Iran-backed terror group said it launched 62 rockets on an IDF base in northern Israel on Saturday morning in revenge for the death of Hamas’s deputy political chief Saleh Al-Arouri in an Israeli air strike last week.

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