Filon
IDF base east of Safad, northern Israel; struck by Hezbollah jet drone in March 2026.
Last refreshed: 14 April 2026
What was the significance of the Hezbollah drone strike on the Filon base?
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Where is the Filon military base in Israel?
Background
Filon is an Israeli Defence Forces base located east of Safad in the Upper Galilee of northern Israel. It sits in the hills overlooking the Jordan Valley approach and functions as part of Israel's northern command infrastructure, which covers the Lebanese and Syrian borders.
The base occupies a strategically elevated position in a region that has been contested in multiple conflicts. Northern command IDF installations in this area have been targets during the 2006 Lebanon War and in the aftermath of October 2023 when Hezbollah began its support fires campaign against Israeli positions in the Galilee.
On 30 March 2026 Hezbollah struck Filon with a new jet-powered Iranian-supplied loitering munition, the first operational use of a drone model Iran had unveiled only in 2025. The weapon features a basic satellite-aided inertial navigation system launched with a rocket booster. The strike was significant as evidence that Hezbollah continues to receive Iranian weapons despite the loss of the overland Syrian supply route .