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Israeli operator LionOps is hoping adventurous vacationers will sign up for military-style training in one of the world's tensest regions. Pictured here, participants practice on the shooting range at LionOps' West Bank training facility

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A tour of duty ... on vacation

Israeli operator LionOps is hoping adventurous vacationers will sign up for military-style training in one of the world's tensest regions. Pictured here, participants practice on the shooting range at LionOps' West Bank training facility

Israeli operator LionOps is hoping adventurous vacationers will sign up for military-style training in one of the world's tensest regions. Pictured here, participants practice on the shooting range at LionOps' West Bank training facility

At LionOps' West Bank training facility, learning to aim pistols...

... fire semiautomatic weapons ...

...and load ammunition.

Krav maga instructor Shai Fargian (in glasses) teaches Travel Weekly Destinations Editor Kenneth Kiesnoski and his brother Jeffrey how to take a punch

... and break a chokehold

LionOps clients can opt for a tandem skydive with Paradive at Habonim Beach. Shown here, Kiesnoski on his way up...

... and gliding in

A mock interrogation comprises part of what LionOps terms its "Resistance, Kidnapping and Dealing With High-Stress Situations" activity

Another view of the "Resistance, Kidnapping and Dealing With High-Stress Situations" activity

A third view of the "Resistance, Kidnapping and Dealing With High-Stress Situations" activity

A lesson in applying camouflage paint from LionOps founder Bar-Or, far left, in Mount Carmel National Park

The results of the camouflage paint lesson

Kiesnoski, at bottom, and his brother hike their way up Mount Carmel in a LionOps endurance exercise, using a set of waterpipes to guide them up 1,200 feet

LionOps' activity options include off-road "land navigation exercises" using four-wheel-drive vehicles to negotiate challenging terrain such as that at Chof HaCarmel, above

Players take aim at the "enemy" during the two-hour Ultimate Showdown paintball match at LionOps' West Bank facility that wrapped up Kiesnoski's training experience