Israel Sends Message to Iran and Hezbollah in First-Ever U.S. Army Drill

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has sent a message to Iran and its regional partners, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, with the first-ever joint training between the Israeli and U.S. armies. The drill was part of a massive two-week IDF series of exercises known as “Firm Hand” that wrapped up Wednesday, which simulated an all-out conflict. It came amid heightened tensions with Iran, which recently previewed a new hypersonic missile, and Hezbollah, which possesses its own stockpile of precision-guided munitions. “Israel has always been under a lot of threats from all around,” Israeli Major Dov Lang, commander of the IDF’s 7th Armored…