Israel Holds Giant Military Drill Ahead of Trump Speech
Source: Newsweek Magazine
ISRAEL LAUNCHES MASSIVE SURPRISE MILITARY DRILL AHEAD OF TRUMP'S JERUSALEM SPEECH AND AFTER STRIKES IN SYRIA
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 12/6/17 AT 1:02 PM
Israel launched a large-scale surprise military drill late Tuesday along the country's northern border with Lebanon, one of many regional countries to condemn President Donald Trump's anticipated announcement recognizing the disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The Israeli military reportedly mobilized its Galilee division, including hundreds of logistics corps soldiers and dozens of vehicles, without prior notice in an effort to test its rapid-response capabilities in the event of a conflict breaking out in the tense northern region, near foes Lebanon and Syria. Both Arab nations have recognized Jerusalem solely as the capital of an independent Palestinian state, and have been hit by Israeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed forces such as Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, which has focused on battling Syrian rebels and jihadis in recent years. It has also clashed with Israeli forces for decades.
"The exercise was carried out with the goal of improving our battle readiness and the readiness of our equipment," Brigadier General Michel Yanko, commander of technology and logistics, told Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
"The emergency and logistics units practiced going from routine, to emergency mode of repairing broken equipment using technology and manpower," he added.
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people are going to die, needlessly,
because of our bully POS potus and the ego of netanyahu....
