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Friday, August 6, 2010     FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Israeli Army projects 'extensive use of tunnels'
in any future war with Hamas, Hizbullah

TEL AVIV — Israel's military has been preparing its troops for a tunnel war in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

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Officials said the Israel Army has been training combat troops to detect and capture tunnels built by Hamas and Hizbullah, Middle East Newsline reported. They said the Army has also planned urban area training facilities that would contain tunnels similar to those in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

"We have assessed that Hamas and Hizbullah will make extensive use of tunnels in any future war," an official said.


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The military's Ground Forces Command has approved the construction of at least seven urban warfare training centers by 2012. Two of the facilities were designed to contain tunnels for combat units to enhance combat skills against Hamas and Hizbullah.

Israeli troops encountered Hizbullah tunnels in the 2006 war in Lebanon and Hamas tunnels in the 2009 war in the Gaza Strip. Officials said both Arab forces were believed to have vastly expanded their network of tunnels and bunkers over the last year.

The Ground Forces Command has also decided to increase training in the urban warfare centers. Officials said 25 percent of infantry training would take place in the existing 15 urban warfare centers as well as those to be constructed over the next 18 months.

Under the decision, the command would also expand urban warfare training centers to allow for operations by main battle tanks and heavy armored combat vehicles. Officials said joint infantry-armored urban warfare exercises would begin in 2011.



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