’Israel’ Launches Drills to Face Hizbullah Threat: They’re able to Surprise Us!

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"Israeli" occupation with Hizbullah continues as the Zionist entity continues to escalate tension on the Lebanese borders.

According to the "Jerusalem post" daily, the "Israeli" army launched a military drill to face the "Hizbullah threat".

"The steep, green hills southwest of al-Khalil were peppered by white large boulders, before making room for a valley, in which a Palestinian village was nestled," it said.

The daily further mentioned that "approaching it was a convoy of "Israeli" jeeps carrying officers from the 7th Armored Brigade, as well as a row of fast-walking soldiers, members of the brigade's elite Reconnaissance Company."

They were all taking part in a drill designed to improve their ability to storm Hizbullah-controlled villages in southern Lebanon.
The supposed mission: To test the ability of company and platoon commanders to plot ground offensives on challenging terrain, and enter a village without exposing their soldiers to deadly Hizbullah fire.

The exercise is what the "Israeli" army calls a "skeleton drill," involving only commanding officers and a few units.
"The 7th Brigade is expected to be one of the wartime formations that will be called in to deliver a "knockout punch" to Hizbullah in a future large-scale clash," the daily claimed.

Though an armored formation by definition, the brigade includes a specialized Reconnaissance Company, which gathers intelligence and directs the brigade's firepower, and a number of additional non-armored units.
"We are in the process of building up power. We have incorporated an Engineering Corps battalion, and a combat assistance company that is made up of soldiers who do patrols, set up lookouts, and deploy precision firepower," an "Israeli" source added.

Gesturing towards the approaching village and hilly landscape, the source said, "This is just like Lebanon. Even the fence is the same color. We're simulating a northern arena and observing this terrain, some of which is open and some of which is built up. We want to instill ground awareness into these officers."

The aim of the drill, and others like it, is to ensure that a common language exists among the officers that make up the brigade, and to make sure they are ready for a sudden conflict with Hizbullah.

"Hizbullah is an experienced organization that understands what it wants," the army source said. "It has a lot of operational experience; it's been fighting in Syria for two years. Hizbullah can surprise us. We will also surprise it. That's what we're preparing for now, maneuvering into a village," the source said.

"The officers must become acclimatized to interacting with civilian populations," the source said. "That's part of the drill."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team