Watching the IDF (catch all)

[OUTLAW 09]

Amazing footage

Watch an Israeli air-force pilot land an F-15 with only one wing — via @WeAreTheMighty
http://read.bi/2b4lCaX

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A BBC report:

Fauda, the Israeli television thriller that portrays the murky world of Israeli undercover army units and Palestinian militants during the Second Intifada (Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation)...The Israeli border police have an undercover unit called Yamas which has been operating for 25 years but had never been filmed before we gained exclusive access to them.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42566284

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Via the Australian think tank blog (ASPI) and a short article. Here is a key sentence:

Israel has taken a more organic, holistic approach to CT that relies on innovation and creativity and is aimed at deterring and creating divisions within terror groups, and between the groups and their constituencies through coercion and/or persuasion.

It ends with:

What Israel has shown is that terrorism is not something that can be defeated, but it is something that one can learn to live with. If Israelis are to move towards a world in which they needn’t worry about terror attacks and the continued cycle of violence, a solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict must be found.

Authors bio:https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/isaac-kfir
Link:https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-israeli-approach-to-counterterrorism/

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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?

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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/

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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