Defence Minister convenes emergency talks on drone threat facing Israel

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz held an urgent meeting on Wednesday night to address the growing threat posed by drones operating within Israeli territory. The high-level discussion brought together senior security officials including the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Shmuel Ben Ezra, the head of the Defence Ministry’s Technological and Logistics Directorate Colonel Dr Danny Gold, Israeli Defence Force representatives and other senior figures from the country’s security establishment. The meeting underscores mounting concerns about unmanned aerial systems and their potential use against Israeli targets. The discussion is understood to have focused on assessing current vulnerabilities and coordinating responses across multiple security agencies to counter the evolving drone threat. The emergency nature of the gathering reflects the priority Israeli defence officials are placing on addressing this security challenge.

Source: Walla News — Original article in Hebrew.