IDF steps up tunnel training following Gaza war

摘要

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are prioritising tunnel warfare training as part of the lessons learned during the 50-day conflict with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip in July and August. The IDF Ground Forces have begun building a number of training centres that are designed to simulate subterranean warfare, as well as close-quarter combat in built-up areas. Lieutenant Colonel Dotan Druck, the head of the Manoeuvring Branch in the Ground Forces, said the new training centres are designed to simulate spaces where soldiers must fire while kneeling, lying, or standing in enclosed spaces. Firing positions from inside homes, in which window ledges and holes in walls are used to shoot, will also be simulated at the new training centre, he said.