Israeli Drill Simulates Combat on Fronts with Syria, Lebanon
Israel's military has conducted a drill to prepare for simultaneous combat along its northern frontier with Syria and Lebanon.
It said Wednesday the two-week exercise that combined air, ground and naval forces was aimed at "preparing troops for a long-term multi-front conflict."
Northern Command chief Aviv Kochavi said it showed how the military is able to "implement operational plans in all arenas."
On the Syrian frontier, Israel has been warily watching as insurgents battle forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Israel and Syria are bitter enemies but Assad kept the border quiet for decades.
Israel, which fought a monthlong war against Hizbullah in 2006, said Wednesday it thwarted a plot by Hizbullah to recruit Palestinians to attack Israelis.
Forces "apprehended a terror cell funded and guided by Hizbullah", an army statement said, adding the cell was "plotting a shooting attack."
It said the cell was based in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank and was made up of Palestinians.
The leader of the five-person cell was recruited online by Jawad Nasrallah, son of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the army charged.
Source: Associated Press, Naharnet
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