Despite the changes and alterations, Israel had at least one positive in the year 2020, which was the safest for Israelis in the last decade, he said. weapons report published Thursday.
The IDF report said that while 2020 saw a lower number of terrorist attacks than in previous years, there was an increase in what the army calls the “War Between the Wars”, which is hidden and open. military operations against Israeli enemies abroad, Syria largely Iran and its Lebanese agent, the Hezbollah terrorist group.
IDF soldiers seek the murder of the killed soldier Amit Ben Yigal
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According to the report, as was December. 20, the militants in the Gaza Strip fired 176 projectiles into Israeli territory, 90 of which landed in open areas.
The Iron Dome missile defense system absorbed 80 out of the 86 rockets heading into populated areas, giving the system a 93% success rate.
Over the past year, the IDF has attacked nearly 300 military targets in Gaza. One underground terror tunnel near the Gaza border was discovered this year, apparently dug by Hamas and entered the Israeli region.
IDF retaliatory strike in the Gaza Strip
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While the West Bank saw stagnation in terrorist attacks, there was an increase in other security-related incidents.
At least 1,500 rock shinty incidents have been recorded in the area over the past year, a slight increase on 2019, when 1,469 similar incidents were reported.
In addition, 229 molotov cocktail attacks against Israeli vehicles or settlements were recorded, compared to 290 last year and 990 in 2018.
IDF soldiers looking for the assassin’s assassin Esther Hurgen
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The past year has also seen an increase in fire exchanges, with 31 incidents reported in 2020, compared to 19 last year, but a fall in seizure attacks, with nine incidents in 2020, compared to 12 per cent. last year.
In 2020, the IDF stepped up its campaign against the West Bank’s local gun manufacturing industry, closing 50 workshops where they claimed to be making guns. In 2019, 14 such workshops were closed, and in 2018 there were only four.
The army also seized 541 guns and 330 knives in 2020, compared to 603 weapons and 521 blades in 2019.
IDF soldiers on the northern border disarm mines across the Syrian border fence
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On the north front, the Israeli Air Force staged 50 strikes against targets in Syria in the past year. The latest attack on Israel took place on Tuesday, in which one Syrian soldier died and three others were wounded, according to Syrian sources.
The military also said it fired 10 attempts in 2020 to cross the border from Lebanon into Israel.
Fighter jets made more than 1,400 types in 2020, with helicopters performing more than 400 jobs. The navy recorded more than 87,336 hours at sea, of which 12,356 were guided by missile ships.
IDF ‘Alon’ coronavirus control center
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The military also explained its contribution to the national fight against coronavirus pandemic by citing a specific action group. Two armed R&R centers have been renamed coronavirus resuscitation facilities, and the IDF “Alon” coronavirus control center conducted more than 236,000 epidemiological studies in 2020.
More than 3,000 investors were called into service and the Information Directorate produced 423 reports.