? From May 29 to June 29, the Israel Defense Forces conducts exercises of the armed forces “Crossing the Horizon”. In the course of them, a variant of simulating a war with Iran and pro-Iranian formations in Syria and Lebanon will be worked out.

▪️ On the night of May 31 to June 1, a massive sortie (up to 100 aircraft) of tactical and reconnaissance aircraft of the Israeli Air Force was carried out to the Mediterranean Sea and guided missiles were launched at conditional targets west of Cyprus.

▪️ Immediately after the massive strike, the soldiers of the Shayetet-13 special forces of the Israeli Navy and the Shaldag of the Israeli Air Force landed on the unequipped coast of Cyprus.

▪️ The forces of the 669th aviation rescue and evacuation unit of the Israeli Air Force carried out the search and rescue operation of the “killed” pilots at sea and the evacuation of the wounded on land.

▪️ Tactical aircraft with double refueling have flown more than 1000 km, which corresponds to the distance from Israel to the Iranian border.

▪️ Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi arrived in Cyprus the day before to oversee the training.

▪️ The active phase in Cyprus will last until June 3. After that, the readiness check of the remaining units will begin. Including the Navy and Air Defense Forces.

▪️ A diesel-electric submarine Tekuma, a Saar-5 corvette and a Saar-4.5 missile boat have already arrived in the Mediterranean from the Red Sea. They will join the ship group in the area west of Israel.

? The Israelis thus demonstrate the combat capabilities of the armed forces in the face of the threat in the face of Iran.

The use of aviation on such a scale is aimed at deterring the Iranian leadership from any manifestation of aggression or attempts to avenge the murder of a high-ranking Quds Force officer of the Iranian IRGC.

However, this does not exclude the presence of some problems. The Times of Israel news agency confirms this in an article. According to the author, the IDF will need at least several months to prepare all units for a protracted war with Iran and paramilitaries in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.

Despite the statements of the Israeli leadership, without direct US support, the costs will be extremely high.

With all the development of military technologies, it will be difficult for the Israeli Armed Forces to wage war alone against several opponents at once: in addition to Iran itself, Israel is pressing Hezbollah from the north, and Hamas from the Gaza Strip.