Joint US-Israeli exercise; simulated Iranian attack
The Israeli army announced the start of joint military exercises between the country and the United States based on simulated missile attack scenarios. The director of Al Jazeera in Ramallah says the supposed enemies of the exercise are Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah, and Palestinian resistance forces.
On Thursday, February 4, an Israeli military spokesman announced that a joint operation between the Israeli and US air forces had begun in southern Israel, simulating possible missile attacks.
The two sides have been conducting joint exercises and drills for two decades within the framework of military cooperation.
Oyishai Adraei said that this year, the "Jennifer Falcon" exercise will be held in parallel in Germany, the United States, and Israel, with the participation of various air defense, naval, logistics, and medical units.
The spokesman emphasized that the focus of the exercise is to practice facing missile threats and other possible air attacks, and based on this, scenarios have been simulated. He added that the exercises will be conducted in accordance with the conditions caused by the coronavirus.
Idrii did not elaborate on the supposed enemy of this exercise, only mentioning that the aim of the exercise is to coordinate and exchange trade between the armies of the two countries, assess the defense readiness of the parties, and expand the scope of their strategic cooperation.
But the director of Al Jazeera's office in Ramallah said that this year's exercise began at the "Tassalim" base and will continue until February 16. Walid al-Omari added that Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah, and Palestinian resistance groups are the simulated enemies of this exercise.
He stated that the reason for this simulation is that Iran and the resistance factions are staunchly opposed to Tel Aviv's normalization of relations with several Arab countries. Al-Omari believes that it is not unlikely that these countries will be among the participants in joint military exercises in the future.
Source: DW
