The Israeli occupation army has created a new brigade responsible for rapidly dealing with the threat which cross-border tunnels poses to settlements near the Gaza Strip.
According to Israel’s Channel 2 the new brigade will be composed of hundreds of border soldiers and will start its drills in the coming days.
The brigade will be trained on how to give an initial and quick response to infiltrations into border towns by hostile groups from Gaza the channel said
The channel noted that the brigade would operate in all the southern cities and towns (settlements) located near the border with Gaza including Ashkelon and Ofakim.
It said that the mission of the brigade would be preventive until the arrival of especially trained units to deal with the situation adding that members of this task force would be equipped with high-tech means weapons vehicles and drones.
