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Comprehensive Home Front Command Exercise in the North.

The Home Front Command held a comprehensive exercise in the North. Photo: Itamar Hassan, IDF Spokesperson

The Home Front Command held a comprehensive exercise in the North. Photo: Itamar Hassan, IDF Spokesperson

The Home Front Command trained correct procedures during missile firing and other threats in the North of Israel

Nadav Deutscher

An attempted abduction of IDF soldiers on the northern border, fire opened on IDF forces, the Israeli Air Force hit terrorist targets in response, rockets fired from Lebanon onto Israeli territory, the Syrian military joined the battles and fired missiles, thousands of civilians were forced to stay in bomb shelters – all of this did not really happen, but took place during a comprehensive training exercise held by the Home Front Command last week in the North of Israel.

“It is a routine exercise, and we hold exercises like this quite a lot with the objective of testing and practicing a specific model each time,” explains Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, the GOC of the Home Front Command, after the successful completion of the five day long exercise. During this exercise, the Home Front Command tested nuclear rocket artillery for the first time in its history. In addition, in an unprecedented effort to simulate real life situations, the forces participating in the exercise were not told about the exact course of events before the exercise, so that they had to react spontaneously to the threats and complications during the exercise.

The Valleys District of the Home Front Command dealt with most of the missiles fired during the large exercise. Its commander, Col. (res.) Arik Tal is very satisfied: “This is the first time that we didn’t receive any information about the exercise beforehand. And still, the soldiers learned fast during the exercise, and after a test and an error everything went very well. I definitely see the exercise as very successful.”

The exercise also tested for the first time the use of scouts which report on the location of fallen missiles and rockets. After a nuclear missile hit, the scouts informed the relevant forces. Col. Anouar Sa’ad, the commander of the Home Front Command Northern Department says: “We understand that because of the weaponry arsenal in the hands of the enemy, we need to supervise the area better. Civilians can’t report on the location of a missile properly. The scouts, who locate the missile and send the forces to the correct place, can make the process a lot more efficient.”

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