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Mass exercise tests IDF's ability to fight two-front war against Syria, Hezbollah
By Channel 10 and Haaretz Staff
Tags: Syria, Israel News, IDF 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for November 9, 2008.

The Israel Defense Forces Northern Command concluded a large-scale exercise Thursday which simulated a double-front conflagration with Syria and Lebanon.

The drill, codenamed "Shiluv Zro'ot III" (Crossing Arms III), was the second largest of its kind since the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Among this week's exercises was a strategic-level simulation involving all IDF commands.

Speaking before subordinate officers, Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said that the importance attached to Crossing Arms III stemmed from the fact that it involved all IDF operational arms, and from the fact that it was put together in a way which internalized the lessons of the Second Lebanon War.
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After the drill concluded Thursday, Ashkenazi said he was "very pleased with the seriousness shown and the progress made."

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