Why Did Martyr Al-Laqqis Choose the Name "Ayub" for Hezbollah's Drone?

In the early 1990s, Hezbollah, which had repeatedly managed to surprise its number one enemy, the Zionist regime, this time revealed another trump card that surprised everyone.

News ID: 86968

Date: 07 December 2025 - 15:43

TEHRAN (Defapress) - In the early 1990s, Hezbollah, which had repeatedly managed to surprise its number one enemy, the Zionist regime, this time revealed another trump card that surprised everyone. An uninvited guest entered the airspace of the occupied territories and bypassed all security and defense barriers, the biggest of which was the Iron Dome.

"Ayub" was a drone that none of the elements of the extensive Israeli security and order apparatus noticed its presence, and it took pictures and transmitted the required information. The presence of such a bird was detected in the Dimona military-nuclear zone and greatly surprised the Zionist enemy. It was unbelievable not only for the occupiers but also for many military experts to consider this flyer an achievement for Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, which in 2000 had managed to expel the Israelis from its territory with a few young men with empty hands, had now reached such a position that it could bring the military industry to such a position in the field of airspace. Many said that this drone was Russian and could not be the work of Hezbollah. A few days later, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech and spoke about “Ayub”. This drone was made with Iranian technology, and Hezbollah specialists assembled it.

That day, no one knew that Hezbollah’s mastermind in this field was Hassan al-Laqqis, who named this flyer Ayub in memory of his martyred friend, “Hussein Anis Ayub”. Although Israel knew this elite enemy of its well and tried to assassinate him many times. Even during the 33-day war, he decided to bomb the building where Hassan was staying, but he did not know that his target had left the building minutes before. The 18-year-old son of martyr al-Laqqis was martyred in this attack.

Finally, on December 3, 2013, this Hezbollah fighter was martyred by two enemy undercover agents with five 9mm bullets in the suburbs of Beirut.