Israel Electric Corporation to stage unprecedented large-scale drill amid Hezbollah strikes
The largest supplier of electrical power in the occupied Palestinian territories is set to stage an unprecedented large-scale drill within the coming days to practice the restoration of power supply in the event of a military confrontation with the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement.
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) will begin the drill on Sunday and will conclude on Thursday evening. During the exercise, scenarios involving damage to network substations and widespread power outages will be simulated.
IEC employees will also practice loading, transporting, unloading, and installing emergency power stations to restore electricity.
Moreover, heavy truck convoys carrying large transformers for emergency power restoration are expected to move along roads during the drill.
A senior Lebanese lawmaker says Hezbollah’s damage to Israel as a result of its pro-Palestinian retaliatory operations cannot be repaired for the next few decades.
The drills will be conducted at four regions in the northern part of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories, which have not been specifically named.
The Israel Electric Corporation office in Rishon LeZion city, located eight kilometers (5 miles) south of Tel Aviv, will be the operational headquarters throughout the drill.
Hezbollah has been carrying out almost daily rocket attacks on Israeli positions in retaliation for the regime’s aggression against Lebanon and in solidarity with Palestinians.
The genocidal war in Gaza has killed at least 38,345 Palestinians, predominantly women and children, and injured 88,295 other individuals so far.
Nearly 500 people have also been killed on the Lebanese border, including 95 civilians, according to a tally by AFP news agency.
Two Israeli wars waged against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006 were met with strong resistance from Hezbollah, resulting in the retreat of the regime in both conflicts.
Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on July 4 that an expanded war with Israel is not likely soon, but his group is fully prepared for the worst-case scenario.
“The movement does not build its military position according to political analyses, but rather according to information and field results,” he told the Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik radio station.
