The IDF publishes a map outlining its new forward defense line in Lebanon, as its forces maintain a presence in the country’s south amid a fragile 10-day ceasefire.
The military says five IDF divisions, alongside naval forces, are operating south of the line to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure and prevent threats to northern Israeli communities.
The map shows that troops have crossed the Litani River, a key geographic marker long associated with efforts to push Hezbollah forces northward, and are holding the strategic Beaufort Ridge.
Defense Minister Israel Katz says the IDF has been instructed to use “full force” in Lebanon — even during the ongoing ceasefire — should Israeli troops face any threat.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to act with full force, both on the ground and from the air, including during the ceasefire, in order to protect our soldiers in Lebanon from any threat,” Katz says at a event in the West Bank.
He says that the military has also been ordered “to remove the houses in the [frontline] villages near the border that served in every respect as Hezbollah terror outposts and threatened Israeli communities.”
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