Fadi rocket family

Conflict Usage

Israel-Hezbollah Conflict

Side: HezbollahRole: Medium-range barrage rocket for deep strikes on Israeli military and industrial targetsdeep strikestrike

In the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, Hezbollah said it fired dozens of Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets at the Ramat David airbase near Haifa and at Rafael-linked industrial targets; analysts described the family as a more powerful but still inaccurate medium-range rocket used for first-time conflict use in September 2024.

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