Fiasco of the 'Drone Fortress': Intelligence thought the compound was empty - and only after a year and a half was 'pure gold' revealed
First publication: The warning about one of the strategic assets held by Hezbollah near the border was received about a year and a half ago - but the intelligence corps thought it was empty. The…
Assessment
Israeli intelligence appears to have misjudged a Hezbollah site near the border for a year and a half, believing it empty when it was actually a major underground drone base. The gap between initial assessment and later discovery raises questions about how such a strategic asset was overlooked for so long. The focus now will be on what intelligence failures allowed this and whether similar blind spots exist elsewhere.