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In north, IDF drills for urban warfare as health system preps for attack scenarios
[IsraelTimes] As Northern Command increases readiness for possibility of war with Hezbollah, wide-scale Health Ministry exercise gets ministries, hospitals, HMOs, Home Front Command up to speed
The IDF said Saturday it was further increasing its preparedness on the northern border, publishing footage from recent "intensive" training exercises carried out by the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade, as Hezbollah-led forces in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
continue to launch attacks on Israeli communities and military posts along the border.
With fears of a wider conflict growing, the health system in the country’s north was also practicing for potential major security incidents in a broad drill.
In a statement, the IDF said, "As part of the process of increasing readiness on the northern border, the Northern Command held intensive training sessions last week to strengthen competence and readiness for the moment of decision."
The 226th Brigade, under the 146th Division, with combat engineers, tanks, artillery and other infantry forces, carried out drills simulating fighting in urban areas that are applicable to Lebanon, amid winter weather, according to the IDF.
Since the beginning of the war in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip, sparked by Hamas
 ...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
’s October 7 massacre, the IDF said it has carried out more than 100 days’ worth of drills, including 40 battalion-level exercises.
Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.
Israel has warned it can no longer tolerate Hezbollah’s presence along its border following the October 7 atrocities, and has warned that should a diplomatic solution not be reached, it will turn to military action to push Hezbollah northward, as demanded by 2006’s United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
Security Council Resolution 1701, which Hezbollah has flouted for years.
The drill by the health system this week dealt with a variety of potential scenarios involving the operation of hospitals, health maintenance organizations’ community clinics, medical evacuations, and the provision of support to chronically ill people in need of immediate assistance.
"We are in a very challenging period that includes treating thousands of physically and emotionally maimed patients, as well as the rehabilitation of thousands," Health Ministry Director General Moshe Bar Siman Tov said on Thursday. "In parallel to dealing with these challenges that began on October 7, we are preparing for the [potential] expansion of the [military] operation in the north and throughout Israel."
"The security reality in Israel has changed, so the healthcare system must change too. Therefore, we are preparing the system as a whole and every part of it in this drill. The change that could happen in the north would affect the hospitals and community in a much broader way than we have experienced thus far," he said.
According to Health Ministry deputy director general Sefi Mendelovich, planning for the drill had been underway in recent months, with the aim of challenging existing assumptions, filling gaps, implementing new technologies, and improving coordination and communication to ensure the best possible care in case of emergency.
Led by the Health Ministry, the comprehensive exercise involved other ministries, hospitals, HMOs, local authorities, the IDF’s Home Front Command, and other branches of the national security apparatus.
The continued violence on the border with Lebanon comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert a full-scale war with Hezbollah. Israel has been warning that it would be forced to move against Hezbollah with force if talks fail and there is no other way to allow residents evacuated from northern border communities to return. 
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