Report: Israeli Soldiers Train for Potential Clashes with Hizbullah

Israeli troops have recently completed subterranean warfare drills to prepare them for a potential clash with Hizbullah in southern Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.

Reconnaissance soldiers from the Israeli army's engineering corps underwent month-long exercises simulating complex terrain fighting, much of which involved dense forests, it said.

A week of training was dedicated to combat in tunnels, the newspaper added.

“Today during training, we simulated a northern terrain, that included what we might encounter,” Lt. Sagiv Shoker, commander of the Reconnaissance Unit, told The Jerusalem Post.

“In every such drill, we acquire more information, which prepares us for the day we receive the order... the soldiers apply the new information to their next drill or operational mission, so that we are in effect training for combat around the clock, all year,” Shoker added.

The training – held at the Elikim base in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon – focused on how to approach Hizbullah's alleged underground bunkers and tunnels quietly and quickly and eliminate fighters.