Shahaf: The New Israeli Unit to Collect Data on Hezbollah, Take Hits in Lebanon
03/09/2009 Israeli occupation army combat reconnaissance unit, Shahaf, completed wide-scale exercises in the northern Command Wednesday, in preparation for potential disturbances on the Lebanese border, Yedioth Aharonoth’s internet website said.
Ynet quoted the unit’s commander Lt. Col. Motti as saying that the unit is “preparing a target bank in case it's needed.”
03/09/2009 Israeli occupation army combat reconnaissance unit, Shahaf, completed wide-scale exercises in the northern Command Wednesday, in preparation for potential disturbances on the Lebanese border, Yedioth Aharonoth’s internet website said.
Ynet quoted the unit’s commander Lt. Col. Motti as saying that the unit is “preparing a target bank in case it's needed.”
"Below the surface, there is extensive activity whose goal, quite clearly, is to prepare for the day of visitation," said Motti of military actions in Lebanon. "We are likely to take a hit, but even if we don't manage to thwart every event, we will be able to inflict a price. This is why we are strenuously preparing a 'target bank'. When the need arises, we'll know how to take action against them."
Four days of walking with a heavy load on their backs, settling into undetectable positions, locating a quality target deep in Lebanese territory, closing in, firing and destroying. This is what the Shahaf exercise consisted of, said Ynet. From this week on, the field reconnaissance corps becomes an intelligence collection corps. The soldiers involved mostly remain anonymous.
"From their first day in the field until their release, these soldiers are in the same territorial area and are well-acquainted with Hezbollah, its activities, the differences between villages, and know how to notice any unusual incident," explained the regiment commander. The soldiers regularly build a profile of the enemy. During war, they carry out operations deep in enemy territory.
According to him, "We must exercise a lot of creativity in our actions, to reach a surprising angle with surprising timing, and to use means to destroy targets."
Four days of walking with a heavy load on their backs, settling into undetectable positions, locating a quality target deep in Lebanese territory, closing in, firing and destroying. This is what the Shahaf exercise consisted of, said Ynet. From this week on, the field reconnaissance corps becomes an intelligence collection corps. The soldiers involved mostly remain anonymous.
"From their first day in the field until their release, these soldiers are in the same territorial area and are well-acquainted with Hezbollah, its activities, the differences between villages, and know how to notice any unusual incident," explained the regiment commander. The soldiers regularly build a profile of the enemy. During war, they carry out operations deep in enemy territory.
According to him, "We must exercise a lot of creativity in our actions, to reach a surprising angle with surprising timing, and to use means to destroy targets."
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