Air Force supremacy in the north damaged, rise in terrorism in Judea and Samaria: Chief of Staff sums up IDF tense year

More than a thousand attacks in the Middle East, 75 drones crossed from Lebanon, hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles at the Air Force and 12 tons of bombs in Gaza: The IDF's year in the various sectors was tense than before, and full of targets.

Amir Bohbot

28/12/2021

Tuesday, 28 December 2021, 17:00 Updated: 17:04

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In the video: Summary of the year 2021 in the IDF (Photo: Report)

The IDF's freedom of action in Lebanon has been violated, Syria is stepping up its air defense activities, the scale of terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria has increased, deterrence is maintained in Gaza and Iran is two years away from deciding on an atomic bomb. This is a partial picture of the IDF's summaries for the tense 2021.

Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has begun to summarize the year in recent weeks, and with a view to next year, he has begun to present trends for 2022. " The weapons to the various arenas by our enemies ", said the stars of the week - and declared:" The IDF force building program has progressed significantly "

In total, in 2021 more than a thousand attacks were carried out throughout the Middle East, including a wall guard. On average - every few days an IDF operation is carried out in the Middle East. However, this scope does not necessarily represent the achievements with which the IDF ended the year, and the situation in the various sectors paints a more complex picture.

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According to IDF estimates, there has been great progress on the issue of prisoners and missing persons (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Lebanon

In general, the IDF has a high level of freedom of action in the air, at sea and on land - but the situation of the Air Force has worsened in the past year with the entry of air defense systems into the area. The IDF is trying to overcome the violation of air freedom.

In recent months, the IDF has been working to deal effectively with the difficulty of raids on Lebanese skies. .

Lebanese border has decreased permeability breathy Hezbollah, but they are still high and the Shi'ite organization serving the intelligence-gathering work forces, stationed and bases. 2020 94 skimmers Hezbollah brought into Israel, and in 2021-74.

Meanwhile, construction of the barrier on the Lebanese border has already begun and, unlike the wall in the south, the "smart wall" will include collection capabilities, intelligence production, and destruction capabilities.

Within two years most of the wall construction will be completed.

According to the data, the Iranians continue to arm themselves with the most ballistic missiles that reach the home front of Israel (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Syria

The Assad regime controls 70% of Syrian territory.

The rest of the territories are under Turkish, Kurdish and American control.

Assad, according to IDF estimates, does not want foreign influences in the territory under his control, which is a problem for the Iranians. According to foreign publications, the IDF attacks Iranian targets on Syrian soil but is careful not to kill.

Targets of the Syrian army, which is cooperating with the Iranians, are also reportedly being hit.

According to the IDF, the Syrians became aggressive operations against Air Force. If the Syrians launched in 2019 more than a hundred anti-aircraft missiles, in 2020 - and a further increase in 2021 were more than hundreds of such missiles.

In this sector were dozens of different promotions through hundreds Himosim against Many dozens of goals.

Attack damage in Latakia, earlier this month (Photo: Official website, Syrian television)

Iran

According to the IDF, Iran is two years away from deciding on a nuclear bomb

Iran continues to be based in Syria but in stark contrast to Revolutionary Guards forecasts. According to IDF data, 70% of the time the smuggling routes in the air, at sea and on land are closed as a result of IDF attacks and what managed to get under the nose of the IDF Intelligence Division was in a limited proportion until 2020. Iranians operate under restrictions Air planes.

According to the IDF, Iran is two years away from the decision to launch a nuclear bomb and even if the Iranians have five bombs - they will not rush to use them, so in this period the IDF intends to accelerate planning, training, readiness and procurement based on NIS 6.1 billion. years.

At the same time, the IDF emphasizes that it is impossible to go on the offensive in Iran without being prepared in the fray in the first circle: front Lebanon, Syria and Gaza Strip and the IDF therefore urged procurement field interceptors and air defense batteries, Himosim for the air Force, and increasing preparedness land.

According to the IDF, Iran continues to arm itself with the most ballistic missiles that reach the home front of the State of Israel and thicken the air defense systems around the sensitive facilities. These changes require the Armed Forces to increase the pace and scope of intelligence gathering.

Syrians become aggressive in activities against the Air Force (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Gaza

Regarding the land maneuver, if the land forces are required to do so, the chief of staff intends to hold a general order in a few months for the entire army.

According to IDF estimates, deterrence is maintained against Hamas and other terrorist organizations after Operation Wall Guard. A wall guard in the field of rocket launches and mortar shells, it was decided to establish a special administration that will deal with a multi-dimensional response to the treatment of steep-track firing. The

IDF clarified that there are breakthroughs and improvements in the technological field.

As for the land maneuver, should the land forces require it, the chief of staff intends to hold a general order in a few months for the entire army with the participation of all the generals.

On the Lebanese border, there is a decrease in the penetration of Hezbollah drones.

Rocket launchers in Lebanon, August (Photo: Reuters, Karamallah Daher)

Captives and missing persons

At the same time, according to estimates in the IDF, there has been great progress on the issue of prisoners and missing persons, but a large gap remains and the final leg is ideological and a question of numbers

.

A discussion on the issue took place between the IDF and the heads of the Israel Democracy Institute, and according to the IDF, no explanations were found for the decline in the level of the artist in the army.

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