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Israeli military holds surprise West Bank drill
Source: Reuters
Israeli military holds surprise West Bank drill
JERUSALEM Sun Mar 1, 2015 12:12pm EST
(Reuters) - The Israeli military said it had mobilized some 13,000 soldiers for an unannounced drill on Sunday in the occupied West Bank, in the first such exercise in three years.
A terse statement said army chief Gadi Eisenkot had called a "surprise exercise in Central Command" -- the military front that controls land captured in a 1967 war which is sought by Palestinians as part of a future state.
Footage of the exercise filmed by an Israeli television station showed soldiers in armored vehicles practicing how to handle casualties at the scene of a confrontation.
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Asked about the timing of the drill, a military spokeswoman said it was "not necessarily linked to anything specific". Israel's last such exercise in the West Bank was in 2012, and drills "are held from time to time," the spokeswoman said.
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JERUSALEM Sun Mar 1, 2015 12:12pm EST
(Reuters) - The Israeli military said it had mobilized some 13,000 soldiers for an unannounced drill on Sunday in the occupied West Bank, in the first such exercise in three years.
A terse statement said army chief Gadi Eisenkot had called a "surprise exercise in Central Command" -- the military front that controls land captured in a 1967 war which is sought by Palestinians as part of a future state.
Footage of the exercise filmed by an Israeli television station showed soldiers in armored vehicles practicing how to handle casualties at the scene of a confrontation.
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Asked about the timing of the drill, a military spokeswoman said it was "not necessarily linked to anything specific". Israel's last such exercise in the West Bank was in 2012, and drills "are held from time to time," the spokeswoman said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/01/us-israel-palestinians-military-idUSKBN0LX1MT20150301
