Continuity to increase:
The General Staff exercise "Magen Ha'aretz", which aims to improve the readiness of IDF forces for multi-scene confrontation, began today (Sunday) and will end on Wednesday afternoon.
The exercise was pre-planned as part of the 2021 training program.
The exercise involves the headquarters of the Central Command, the Southern Command and the Home Front Command, the General Staff wings, the land, air and sea branches, and will be attended by thousands of reservists.
Throughout the exercise, the Operations Division will lead the operational planning processes and will include a snapshot of the entire war scene to the Chief of Staff.
The goals of the exercise are to improve the readiness of IDF forces for multi-scene confrontation, to practice the operational plan of the Southern Command for Gaza based on conclusions from the learning and streamlining processes carried out after Operation Wall Guard, focusing on fire plans and maneuvering.
At the same time, the forces will practice dealing with a number of scenarios in the Central Command arena, as well as with internal security incidents.
Division exercise of the "Gaash" formation, November 2021 // Photo: IDF Spokesman
As part of the Home Front defense practice, a number of models will be implemented to make information accessible to civilian space: On Monday a digital space isolation model will be practiced in which alerts about potential threats in the Gaza Envelope will be distributed, and on Tuesday afternoon a "life-saving" model will be practiced on Life-saving instructions through the Home Front Command widget.
Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Shachar Shoshana, head of the North American branch of the IDF's Foreign Relations Division, confirmed to Israel Today that the military cooperation and exercises between Israel, the United States and the Gulf states are part of the parties' preparations for a military confrontation with Iran. In addition, the IDF recently announced that it intends to significantly increase regular and reserve training during 2022, and will invest hundreds of millions of shekels more than in the past year, and a total of more than one billion shekels.