The IDF completed the General Staff's Magen Oz drill, the military announced on Tuesday.
The training was initiated after the killing of Hezbollah’s chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai.
The IDF said that the drill tested "performance, the full range of IDF defensive and offensive directives, the conduct of situational assessments at all levels, the activation of readiness protocols, and the immediate response to emerging threats."
The IDF also raised the alert level of its forces on the northern border, amid concerns that Hezbollah could exploit reduced visibility from winter weather to carry out an attack after Tabatabai's killing.
IDF staff drill examined readiness for surprise scenarios
“The General Staff exercise ‘Magen Oz' began early Monday morning and was wrapped up on Tuesday. Its purpose was to examine and improve the IDF’s readiness for a variety of scenarios,” the IDF spokesperson’s office said.
“Under the instruction of the IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, the drill opened with the activation of a chief of staff test in a surprise format to examine the readiness of the 210th Division for a sudden erupting incident.”