1,500 rockets a day, 300 soldiers and civilians will be hit: this is what the next war against Hezbollah will look like

In a military exercise that simulated an extensive war against the terrorist organization in Lebanon, the IDF estimated that thousands of people, including civilians and terrorists, would be killed on the Lebanese side.

Amir Bohbot

26/05/2022

Thursday, May 26, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

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In the video: Hitting launch sites and attacking Hezbollah strongholds: Division 162 war exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

This week, the IDF unveiled a series of scenarios for the next war that will take place between Israel and Hezbollah. On the Lebanese side, thousands of people will be killed, including civilians, Hezbollah operatives and Radwan fighters.

Division 162 under the command of Brigadier General Nadav Lotan is defined as the largest division in the IDF. L. In the exercise, the army portrayed Umm al-Fahm as a stronghold of Hezbollah, with advanced and important arrays of the organization.

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Division 162 in the exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Fire and intelligence transmission systems were also practiced in the multi-dimensional unit, which operates skimmers and advanced and classified means of collection.

According to IDF estimates, the new and advanced intelligence capabilities of the Armed Forces will help the IDF reveal in real time Hezbollah's secret arrays, including the mobile ones, in a way that prevents an attack on the IDF similar to the incident in Wadi Salouki during the Second Lebanon War.

According to IDF sources, Hezbollah has developed significant offensive capability along the Lebanese border in order to harm all IDF units.

According to plans, Hezbollah's one battalion of Radwan forces will attempt to storm Metula, and another battalion on Misgav and other areas.

Accordingly, part of the IDF's focus on the exercise was constructed.

Division 162 in the exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Also, combat helicopters were practiced by company commanders to attack real-time mobile targets, and to convey accurate intelligence that included satellite imagery within about an hour.

In addition, the evacuation of a Lebanese population from the territories to which the IDF needs to maneuver has been practiced.

The war scenario of the 162nd Division included more than 1,500 rockets a day that would be fired from Lebanon alone at Israel for various ranges, including Tiberias, Haifa and Tel Aviv, in a manner that would constitute a preliminary extreme exercise in Israeli military history.

The mission of the 162nd Division would be to reach the launch sites, and occupy them.

The IDF estimates that despite the land and air maneuvering, the terrorist organization will be able to launch rockets at Israel by the last day of the fighting. It is the responsibility of the Northern Command to hit 45,000 short-range rockets up to 40 km.

Despite the extensive maneuvering in Lebanese territory, the chief of staff struggled with the war scenario and demanded to simulate the case of dozens of structures that were hit by a missile and collapsed in Israel.

Division 162 in the exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

The 162nd Division also practiced the transmission of accurate and extensive intelligence, which new headquarters in an artificial intelligence-based home front were able to convey in real time to the field commanders.

In addition, the various divisions imagined crossing alternate arteries to roads hit by missiles, or blocked by protesters.

Led by the Logistics Brigade under the command of Brigadier General Pini Ben Moyal Mofo 2500 km across the country, roads and traffic arteries were paved for APCs, SUVs and tank carriers. Brigadier General and pilots who will drive the trucks.

During the exercise, the Chief of Staff announced a number of procurement measures that would support the land maneuver in the next war, including increasing the production capacity of the new chariot tanks, which he sought to invent a new name, and significant procurement in unmanned aerial vehicles.

At the same time there is a delay in the absorption of suicidal skimmers, "strongholds", due to technological development issues.

Division 162 in the exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

The IDF confirms that there is no complete logistical capability in all the formations and in some of them a significant improvement is required. The territory in Lebanon in the war against Hezbollah.

The IDF clarified to the political echelon that if there was no ground maneuver deep into Lebanon, it would not be possible to ensure that Hezbollah battalions could not infiltrate Shatula and Metula.

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