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Top IDF general: It hasn't been this quiet in north since 1948
GOC Northern Command Gadi Eisenkot announced Sunday that "the Galilee hasn't known a period of quiet such as this one almost since the establishment of the State of Israel."
Speaking ahead of a massive five-day homefront defense drill dubbed "Turning Point 4" Eisenkot said that the Israel Defense Forces were going to "continue to act to maintain this quiet."
The drill was due to last five days and be carried out in all parts of the country. During the first three days the drill was to involve IDF's various command centers, the police, emergency services, ministries and other government offices.
Eisenkot made these remarks during a briefing for municipality heads along the confrontation line near Israel's northern border.