As the IDF fights in Gaza and Lebanon, commanders warn that breacheWestBank seam line defenses, drones, and raid plans could turn the area into Israel’s next major front.
Amid the IDF’s ongoing strain in Gaza and Lebanon, senior General Staff officials say that the most immediate threat may be in the heart of the country, where a breached seam zone and hundreds of drones could turn the area into the next October 7. "I am not prepared to manage risks here," Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned, as the IDF intensifies a quiet campaign aimed at preventing the next explosion. Some 600 kilometers separate the nightmare scenario of October 7 from the reality in the West Bank.
The seam zone, the area of the West Bank between the Green Line and Israel's separation barrier, stretches from the Gilboa to Arad, shifting between torn fences and completely open terrain. As the IDF marks 1,000 days since the October 7 massacre, IDF officials say that the most sensitive arena is not Gaza or Lebanon, it is in the heart of the country, and the threat is more tangible than ever.In recent days, new orders were sent to the field, a special reinforcement of troops along the seam zone and on main routes.
The commanders of the regional brigades in the West Bank Division, under the command of Brig. Gen. Kobi Heller, are training, both in planning rooms and in the field, for a scenario involving a terrorist raid or a Palestinian mob storming Israeli communities. One officer in the Central Command described it as a "reasonable possible course of action." (Ed note: Be aware that along with Iran, Israel must still watch out for the West Bank, Hamas, and Hezbollah at this point in time.) (Read More)
