Watching the IDF (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

An insight into the underground war between the IDF and the Gaza tunnel diggers. It starts with:

Based in three trailers near the Gaza border, with advanced computers and technologies, is 'the lab': 10 soldiers—some of whom finished their physics degree in high school—who already found 15 terror tunnels, the latest neutralized this week; when the need arises, they go out to the field and under the ground; 'finding a tunnel is not a scavenger's hunt. It's a game of chest against Hamas,' says one.

Link:https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,...370114,00.html

I thought there was a thread on the underground war, the search function does not help; perhaps earlier posts are here?

[davidbfpo]

An article from the Jerusalem Post on the IDF -v- tunnellers; topical as the IDF are working right up to the Lebanese border to dismantle tunnels that came south.
Link:http://https://www.jpost.com/Israel-...nneling-574660

For details on Operation Northern Shield there are four reports via:https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/c/hezbollah/

[davidbfpo]

A SWJ article, which I missed:http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...erground-fight

The author also has a book 'Underground Warfare', published in January 2018, for details:https://global.oup.com/academic/prod...cc=us&lang=en&

Reviews are on the previous link; there is only one on Amazon. Her bio:https://www.ict.org.il/Worker.aspx?ID=13#gsc.tab=0

There are three post-publication video talks by her via Google / YouTube.

[AdamG]

In the night of December 25th, The Israeli Air Force (IAF) delivered its first clandestine strike on Syrian targets after President Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops. As assessed in our latest policy impact analysis and recently reinforced by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the U.S. withdrawal will force Israel to ramp up its counter-Iran operations in Syria. The “Christmas raid” is as much a political statement as it is a continuation of the over 100 Israeli covert airstrikes in Syria. The Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) showed a mixed performance, but managed to intercept the majority of Israel’s air-launched missiles.

https://t-intell.com/2018/12/30/isra...DyA9BJSLEw6Nbo