A bit over two weeks before the cruise missiles and drones detonated in Saudi Arabia's strategic oil fields, igniting massive explosions that would take out more than half of the country's daily oil exports, a group of Hezbollah activists emerged on Aug. 22 from a hill overlooking the Golan Heights. They carried with them drones, which malfunctioned when they tried to use them, apparently as a result of Israeli military actions. They were being watched by Israeli surveillance, which caught them trudging through a field. Two nights later the men, whom Israeli officials labeled a “killer drone” team, were killed in an airstrike. Israel warned at the time that Iran's drones and precision guided missiles were a significant threat.
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