The Israeli government is determined to
restore security on the border with Lebanon and create the conditions
that will allow displaced citizens to return to the north, Israel Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
“We have detailed, important and even
surprising plans,” the premier told Israel Defense Forces troops during a
visit to the army’s Northern Command headquarters in the Upper Galilee
city of Safed. “But I will not share these plans … with the enemy,” said
Netanyahu, adding the military is “constantly in action on the northern
front.”
The IDF has already eliminated “hundreds”
of Hezbollah operatives in Southern Lebanon since the Iranian-backed
terrorist group joined the war against the Jewish state in support of
Hamas on Oct. 8, he declared.
The Prime Minister’s Office said Netanyahu
toured the army base and received a briefing by Northern Command head
Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin on “the wide-ranging offensive and defensive
activity in the sector.” The premier also discussed, “The detailed
operational plans in the sector and heard about the determination among
the divisions to take such action as may be necessary to restore the
residents of the north to their homes with security,” according to the
PMO readout.
Hezbollah terrorists
fired a barrage of around 30 rockets from southern Lebanon at the Upper
Galilee on Thursday. Most of the projectiles were intercepted, while
others hit in open areas, the IDF announced.
According to the Upper Galilee Regional
Council, there were no injuries, though the rockets caused several
fires. Hezbollah took credit for the salvo, saying that it had fired
“dozens of Katyushas” at a military base.
Hezbollah has carried out near-daily attacks on Israel since joining the war against the Jewish state. The attacks have killed more than 20 Israelis, as well as an Indian worker, and led to widespread damage.
More than 80,000 residents of 42 northern
Israeli communities within 6.2 miles of the Lebanon border remain
internally displaced, with most of them housed in hotels, due to the
ongoing Hezbollah threat.
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