Fiber optics

Hezbollah likely obtained drones capable of attacking deep into n. Israel, defense officials fear

According to defense officials, the introduction of this capability would pose a significant threat to the entire north, specifically exposing strategic infrastructure and other sensitive sites.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
Members of the Metula civilian security squad search the area following the fall of an Iron Dome interceptor missile and reports of a drone infiltration near the Israel-Lebanon border, June 01, 2026.
An IDF drone during a training exercise near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025; illustrative.

Israel's defense industry races to develop defenses against Hezbollah's deadly fiber-optic drones

Among the solutions proposed by the defense industries are systems for kinetic interception and energy-based systems, including one that uses electromagnetic force designed to capture the drone.

|ByAVI ASHKENAZI
Tel Aviv University on March 15, 2021.

Accidental discovery could revolutionize computing, cameras, and sensors

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a 'photonic origami' method of producing tiny glass structures.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
An employee for the Bezeq telecommunications company works on underground infrastructure in Jerusalem

Israelis could see up to 40% drop in internet connection fees

For the first time, the communications ministry is setting prices based on a cost model for the wholesale market on modern fiber networks.

|ByTPS

Israeli-owned Dutch company in legal battle over fiber optics in Miami

Cable-X BV is said to hold the exclusive patent rights to use technology that enables construction companies to convert older underground cables to fiber optics

JUNE 20, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A worker holding a fiber optic cable