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August 10, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/

IDF Changes Tactics in Response to Hizballah

[Reuters] Dan Williams - One striking change in tactics is Israel's growing preference for moving its troops on foot rather than in armored personnel carriers or inside battle tanks, which have become targets for anti-tank rockets. The battlegrounds are criss-crossed with thick white fibers, the guidance wires left behind by spent Sagger anti-tank missiles. Israeli sharpshooters now deploy at strategic hilltops with .50 caliber rifles capable of hitting their would-be Hizballah ambushers at long ranges.

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