Why Israelis are worried:
Battalion commander Lt. Col. Babi Ben-Itach has told Maariv Online that the Palestinians who dig up weapons-smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border have began using professional electric tools unseen by the IDF so far.
Why Israel’s enemies should be worried:
Earlier, the IAF signed a mega deal with Lockheed Martin, acquiring 102 F-16i fighter jets, considered the most advanced in the world. The planes will arrive in Israel by 2008 and will be put into operational use.
Even so, Air Force officials are already closely examining the F-35, the third generation of US stealth aircraft. The fighter jet is described as revolutionary, and is capable of low-altitude flight and dodging enemy radar.
Neither of those will be in time for this operation but it’s still somewhat comforting.
