On May 25, 2021, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, published several posters on its Telegram channel, depicting various weapons that have officially "entered the service" during the recent "Sayf Al-Quds [Sword of Jerusalem] Battle" against Israel. The posters featured missiles and "domestically-manufactured" drones designed for surveillance and "suicide" operations, used by the group on Israeli targets.
Image of "domestically-manufactured Shihab suicide drones." According to the text of the poster, these drones carried out several missions.
Image of the "domestically-manufactured Al-Zawari surveillance drones," named after Tunisian national and drone expert Muhammad Al-Zawari who was killed in Tunisia in 2016. The drones carried out reconnaissance and surveillance missions over Israeli settlements and positions.
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