IDF's Southern Command holds surprise drill on Gaza border
- 9 years ago
The IDF's Southern Command launched a surprise drill on Wednesday morning, which will include troops stationed on the Gaza border and the western Negev.
The surprise drill, led by IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot and the heads of the Southern Command, will focus on the Gaza border area and practice military responses to familiar scenarios, including rocket and mortar shell barrages on the border communities, the infiltration of dozens of terrorists into Israel both above ground and below it, and fire from armed terror cells at IDF troops from the new road and outposts Hamas set up along the border.
In Wednesday's drill, the Gaza Division will have to utilize different forces, including the Air Force, to deal with complicated attack scenarios from the Gaza Strip, some of which will come with no initial warning from Military Intelligence.
The surprise drill, led by IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot and the heads of the Southern Command, will focus on the Gaza border area and practice military responses to familiar scenarios, including rocket and mortar shell barrages on the border communities, the infiltration of dozens of terrorists into Israel both above ground and below it, and fire from armed terror cells at IDF troops from the new road and outposts Hamas set up along the border.
In Wednesday's drill, the Gaza Division will have to utilize different forces, including the Air Force, to deal with complicated attack scenarios from the Gaza Strip, some of which will come with no initial warning from Military Intelligence.