Soldiers in red zone

01

Camouflage and sensor deception (thermal/AI)

The enemy now operates drones that combine commercial optics, thermal imaging, and AI-based pattern recognition. To survive, the force must disrupt all three at the same time.

• Use the mitznefet: Drone algorithms (AI) look for the human geometric shape of head and shoulders. Our standard mitznefet is one of the strongest tools for disrupting AI simply because it breaks the silhouette. Make sure it is spread out, asymmetrical, and breaks your shoulder line.
• Thermal disruption: Mud does not hide body heat. Camouflage nets provide only partial disruption. To fully block a heat signature, a mylar escape blanket must be used. Iron rule: at least a 20 cm gap must be maintained between the blanket and the soldier's body. The moment the material touches the uniform directly, heat transfers by conduction and the soldier will glow in thermal view like a spotlight.
• Break the walking pattern: AI can immediately identify normal human walking. Under optical scanning, the movement rhythm must be broken—move in bounds, crawls, or carry heavy equipment/stretchers in pairs, which confuses the algorithm into thinking it is a single non-human object.

02

Evasion tactics in urban warfare

• Do not walk in streets: Streets, open routes, and alleys are kill zones for suicide drones (FPV). Movement in urban warfare is carried out only through buildings.
• "Mouse holes" (hot breach): Work with engineering breaching tools (5-pound hammer, demolition charges, or excavators) to breach internal walls. The force can move through entire blocks without sticking its nose out into the open air.
• The "two-wall" rule: When holding in a building or at stay positions, the force moves into the depth of the structure. It must be ensured that there are at least two supporting walls between the force and the street outside. The first wall absorbs the FPV blast; the second wall stops the blast wave and concrete fragments.
• Window discipline: Windows are the main entry path for FPV into a structure. Tape Xs (demolition tape) against glass fragments, hang thick blankets to block light and heat leakage, and do not observe directly from the window line under any circumstances—work from deeper inside the room.

03

Movement and evasion in open ground

• Do not run: Running in open ground activates the AI movement tracker and gives the operator a clean target. A drone crossed the ridgeline? Freeze in place.
• Maintaining spacing: Opening 15-25 meter gaps between fighters is an iron rule. No compromises. Crowding and force concentration invite heavy munition drops.
• Evading a suicide FPV: You cannot outrun an FPV by running. If you are caught in open ground, wait a split second before impact, then make a sharp explosive lateral dive and hug the ground. A drone flying at 100 km/h cannot correct course in a millisecond because of inertia.
• Munition dropping: Spotted a drone dropping a grenade/mortar round? Track the trajectory (the wind deflects it). Jump aside, lie flat with your feet toward the blast, mouth open, and hands covering your ears to reduce internal injury from blast overpressure (barotrauma).

04

Communications and EW discipline

• Absolute ban on cell phones: Personal phones should be fully turned off or kept inside Faraday bags. Airplane mode is not enough; the device still pulses against antennas, and the enemy's ELINT/geolocation systems will detect you and close the loop.
• "Transmit and move" procedure: Radio transmissions must be short—3-5 seconds max. The moment the transmission ends, the radio operator and commander sprint 50-100 meters to an alternate position. Mortars or drones will home in on the transmission coordinates.
• EW discipline: Portable jammers (domes/guns) are a double-edged sword. When a jammer stays on continuously, it glows like a lighthouse in the force's electronic signature. EW measures are used only when there is visual contact or definite identification of an attacking drone, and are shut off and moved immediately after the threat is removed.

05

Using weather to our advantage

• Extreme heat load: Summer activity in Gaza or the West Bank works in our favor. The heavy heat drains their drone battery quickly, and the hot, thin air forces the propellers to work harder to maintain lift.
• Heatwave and dust storms: Heavy dust in the air blinds optical cameras, disrupts laser sensors (LIDAR), and penetrates and destroys exposed drone motors.
• Fog and heavy rain: Fog on the coastal plain or in the north is the best cover for maneuver. Heavy rain shorts exposed FPV electronics and makes thermal cameras nearly blind because of the uniform temperature of wet terrain.

06

Emergency medicine and the "bait tactic" procedure

• Immediate access to gear: A tourniquet (CAT) must be immediately accessible with both hands (attached to the vest/armor, never buried inside a kit or medic bag). In the event of a major arterial tear, you have less than 40 seconds before loss of consciousness.
• Junctional wounds: Drone fragments often hit the neck, armpit, or groin—points a tourniquet cannot seal. Every fighter must know how to pack a hemostatic dressing (QuikClot) and apply strong pressure with full body weight.
• Overcome the rescue instinct: Enemy drone operators routinely use the "bait tactic." They will drop a charge to wound one fighter, then keep another drone in the air, wait for the force to run out to evacuate, and then close the loop on it. Fighters and commanders must suppress the immediate instinct to run to a wounded comrade under fire. The sky must be cleared first, or thermal-blocking smoke must be thrown, and only then should a rescue strap be used to pull the casualty into cover.