The IDF’s Home Front Command’s Search and Rescue Brigade will conduct a week-long rescue drill at multiple locations across the country.
Beginning today it is intended to improve the forces’ “readiness”.
Announcing the exercise this morning, the IDF said troops will practice “multi-front scenarios, utilising their search and rescue capabilities and cooperating with other forces and emergency organisations.”
The IDF said the exercise was planned in advance as part of its 2026 training programme and emphasised that the military activity does not indicate a security incident.
“The exercise is intended to strengthen the forces’ readiness and operational preparedness, as well as their ability to respond to multiple simultaneous incidents on the home front, including complex emergency scenarios,” it said.
As part of the drill, active movement of security forces and vehicles will be noticeable at several locations nationwide.
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