Israeli air forces completed on Thursday a week-long military exercise simulating a two-front aerial campaign on the southern and northern borders, with Israeli jets battering hundreds of simulated targets.
The drill was intended to sharpen their preparedness for war scenarios on more than one front.
Hundreds of fighter jets and helicopters participated in the drill, taking to the skies day and night for seven days.
During the exercise training for scenarios on the southern border, which was also intended to enhance air support for infantry soldiers, dozens of fighter jets practiced for rapid attacks on hundreds of targets in the Gaza Strip.
According to the spokesman for the Israeli forces, hundreds of soldiers and reservists have been integrated into the exercises, which continued for five consecutive days and 24 hours.
Military sources said that the latest aircraft, including modern F-35 and other aircraft that are capable of staying in the air long hours and flying for long distances, participated in the exercises, hinting at Iran itself and its locations in Syria, as well as training targets in Lebanon and Gaza Strip.
One of the main goals of these exercises is to be able to “hit a large number of targets in enemy territories in a short time and in dozens and hundreds of targets simultaneously, the source added.
These maneuvers were accompanied by many statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and others.
The most prominent of these were the threats made by Netanyahu on Thursday that "Syrian President Bashar Assad should know that if he attacks Israel, he is no longer immune."
