The Israeli military on Sunday morning carried out a snap drill testing the functioning of the military’s top-level headquarters during a “sudden multifront scenario.”
The Israel Defense Forces said the drill, launched by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, examined “the alertness and readiness” of the headquarters, the readiness of standby forces, and “the ability to deal with a sudden, complex, multifront and large-scale event.”
The drill was also intended to better prepare the military for the upcoming Jewish holiday period while also testing the implementation of lessons learned from the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught and the war that followed, the military said.
Most members of the General Staff — including commanders of the military’s commands, directorates and wings — were kept unaware of the exercise, according to the military. The head of the Operations Directorate was the main exception.
Top officers were ordered to rush to their headquarters for the drill and manage an erupting crisis. According to the military, the drill was designed to push the General Staff to its limits, testing how commanders would prioritize forces amid simultaneous “complex” incidents on multiple fronts.
