In First Test of Army Chief’s New Strategy, IDF Simulates War with Hezbollah

• In First Test of Army Chief’s New Strategy, IDF Simulates War with Hezbollah
  by JUDAH ARI GROSS, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  Military says the 5-day drill, known as ‘First Harvest,’ is the largest since a 2017 exercise that also mimicked fight against terror group in southern Lebanon
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  The Israeli military this week conducted a massive exercise simulating war against the Hezbollah terror group — its largest drill in two years — in a first test of army chief Aviv Kohavi’s new strategy for the Israel Defense Forces.
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  The five-day drill, dubbed “First Harvest,” began on Sunday, with ground troops, the air force and navy taking part in the exercise, which included fighting on multiple fronts simultaneously.
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  “The exercise trained the troops for combat involving multiple branches of the military in an urban battlefield, against an enemy that disappears, who is dug into underground [infrastructure] and is equipped with advanced weaponry,” the army said in a statement.
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  The military said this was its largest exercise since the 2017 “Light of the Grain” exercise, which was itself the IDF’s largest exercise in nearly 20 years.
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