Sky News was given rare access to what is designed to look like a section of a Palestinian city - but is actually an area jutting out of a sprawling military base in southern Israel, surrounded by farmland.
A grid of narrow streets, framed by concrete apartment blocks and pro-Palestinian graffiti, is where Israeli troops are training in preparation for an expected ground assault on Gaza. 'We built this so soldiers could be trained at the highest level possible so when the day would come we would need to do something like this, we would be ready,' said Major Doron Spielman, a spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces .
' Troops ready to move 'on a dime' Away from the fake city, Sky News was taken to see elements of the Givati Brigade mobilise in lines of military vehicles across a dusty field, also as part of the training exercise. The unit, which was previously deployed into Gaza during the last major incursion in 2014, incorporates a combination of tanks, troops and engineers, skilled at defusing bombs. They are ready to move 'on a dime', Major Spielman said.
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