The army is holding a series of seminars this week called "Spring Alert" for commanders in the sector.
IDF forces on the Gaza Strip border
The relative calm in the Gaza Strip in recent months has not prevented the IDF and the Southern Command from continuing to train and prepare operational plans for the day of command.
In the training, the army focused on familiarizing itself with Hamas' main capabilities: command and control, rockets and underground tunnels throughout the Strip, and sharpened techniques for fighting in built-up areas, dealing with underground and, of course, high-rise buildings.
As mentioned, the Gaza Strip has been relatively quiet recently, and it is estimated that Hamas is not interested in a confrontation with Israel and is also interested in preventing Islamic Jihad from leading to such an escalation.
At the same time, the potential for escalation still exists, and it probably depends mainly on the economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
The army estimates that in the next campaign Hamas will make very extensive use of the underground medium, and will try to find a way to hit IDF soldiers from there.
The IDF's plan to fight in the Gaza Strip, "Ruach Darom", is preparing to attack core capabilities and exterminate terrorists. The decision will be reached, according to the army, through the extermination of terrorists and weapons, among other things. How to carry out the fighting techniques that will make it possible, and for example, how to locate and damage the Hamas tunnels.
Meanwhile, the defense establishment completed the construction of the underground barrier around the Gaza Strip last week, with the above-ground defense establishment completing construction of 81 percent of the high fence.
Most of the work on the rest is the construction of gates and passages, which are more complex to build.
At the same time, the Southern Command prides itself on the fact that the method for locating offensive tunnels into Israeli territory has matured, and these are no longer random discoveries of tunnels.
The method enables identification, detection, detection and destruction of the tunnels.