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Eyes to the North: A Huge IDF Exercise in Cyprus | Israel Today

2021-03-28T21:22:42.181Z


| Security The training will include a multi-scene scenario in the north, in Judea and Samaria and also on the borders of the Gaza Strip • Large forces will fly and sail to the neighboring island • At the same time a divisional exercise will take place IDF fighters during an exercise in Cyprus in 2019 // Photo: Oren Cohen Preparing for any scenario: The IDF will hold a huge exercise this summer in Cyprus,


The training will include a multi-scene scenario in the north, in Judea and Samaria and also on the borders of the Gaza Strip • Large forces will fly and sail to the neighboring island • At the same time a divisional exercise will take place

  • IDF fighters during an exercise in Cyprus in 2019 // Photo: Oren Cohen

Preparing for any scenario: The IDF will hold a huge exercise this summer in Cyprus, which will in fact be its largest exercise outside of Israel, Israel Today has learned.

The exercise, which will last about a week and take place as part of "War Month," will feature special forces, the Depth Command on its regular and reserve forces, as well as the Air Force and Navy.

The big exercise in Cyprus will take place as part of the "War Month" exercise, which was first revealed in "Israel Today" and is expected to take place, as mentioned, in the summer.

In accordance with the decision of the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi, for the first time in the IDF's history, an exercise will take place that will last about four weeks, in order to have a long, continuous and challenging training period that simulates a real situation.

The exercise will include a scenario of a multi-scene campaign, in the north, in the south and in Judea and Samaria, in accordance with the most severe reference scenarios for the army.

As mentioned, in the last week of the exercise it will take a step up, and many IDF forces will fly and sail to Cyprus, where they will hold a large-scale exercise that resembles deep combat in an area unfamiliar to the forces.

The forces will be commanded by the commander of the depth headquarters, Maj. Gen. Itai Yarov, who also serves as the commander of the military colleges.

The exercise will be attended by special forces, as well as regular and reserve division 98 units.

The IDF also plans to take to Cyprus vehicles for the ground forces, with which they are supposed to fight the depths of the enemy. Additional missiles and naval forces.

At the same time, a divisional exercise

In parallel with the major training in Cyprus, the army will also conduct a divisional exercise in the country in a different arena outline, so that the General Staff's command and control capabilities, as well as the IDF's intelligence, fire and logistics capabilities, are expected to stretch to the end in multi-arena combat.

Source: israelhayom

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