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IDF Implements New Real-Time Intelligence System in Lebanon
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - IDF Military Intelligence has observed how hundreds of Hizbullah operatives near the border are operating in small cells, alongside anti-tank, rocket and mortar fire. It is keeping most of its tens of thousands of armed operatives in areas safe from a ground invasion in southern and central Lebanon, conserving its forces and capabilities for a protracted war. A new IDF operational intelligence tool is being used for the first time in Lebanon - FIU (Field Intelligence Units), which focuses on real-time, hourly intelligence tracking, targeting terror cells and organizations to support the forces on the ground. The FIUs, manned mostly by reservists, are stationed in Israel but maintain an open line with commanders at the front. They receive round-the-clock information from thousands of IDF sensors, rapidly process this information using advanced technologies and intelligence analysts, and quickly generate alerts for the troops on the ground. The FIUs have led to the daily elimination of dozens of Hizbullah operatives, mainly through airstrikes. "We can now identify an ambush against an IDF force in southern Lebanon, which includes an anti-tank cell preparing to fire from 5 km. away, followed by a barrage of rockets being set up 12 km. away and possibly even an explosive they'll try to detonate remotely," military sources explained.