DEBKAfile Special Report September 20, 2012, 10:50 AM (GMT+02:00)
IDF Chief of Staff observes big Golan drill
Iran is flying more military personnel and weapons into Syria by civilian aircraft cutting through Iraqi airspace, US intelligence sources disclose. UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon said he regretted that both sides in Syria are determined to end the conflict by military means. DEBKAfile: By augmenting its military involvement, Iran is turning the Syrian civil war into a multinational conflict also involving Hizballah.Frequent exercises are keeping the IDF on the move and constantly ready for a real war at short notice on familiar terrain.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 19, 2012, 11:47 AM (GMT+02:00)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz
Israeli reservists drafted at no notice, Air Force, Central Command and other IDF units were flown to Israel’s northern Golan border early Wednesday, Sept. 19, for a surprise IDF exercise under the codename “National Asset.” Since early September, the Israeli Defense Forces have been in the midst of preparations which have the appearance of readiness for a real war rather than an exercise. Those preparations peaked Wednesday under the codename which indicated its goal: the defense of national assets.
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