A senior Israeli official said Friday that Israel considers the ceasefire with Hezbollah to be in effect, while the IDF continues to strike threats from the terror group in southern Lebanon, remain deployed there, and retain full freedom of action against emerging threats. The statement aligns with the military's declared posture as reported earlier Friday.
A senior Israeli official said Friday that Israel considers the ceasefire with Hezbollah to be in effect, while the IDF continues to strike threats from the terror group in southern Lebanon, remains deployed there, and retains full freedom of action against emerging threats. The statement aligns with the military's declared posture as reported earlier Friday.
As The Zioneer reported at 16:22 Jerusalem, the IDF spokesperson said forces are authorized to operate anywhere in Lebanon strictly for removing imminent threats, and that the conditional ceasefire does not prevent destroying infrastructure or countering threats. This latest official statement directly echoes and reinforces that posture. The thread began at 16:10 Jerusalem, when a US official announced the ceasefire agreement, and has since seen multiple confirmations from Israeli sources—each time reaffirming the ceasefire while qualifying it as conditional on Hezbollah restraint and explicit about continued Israeli operations against threats.
Hezbollah itself, as The Zioneer reported on June 15, said it has not attacked since the ceasefire but will respond if Israel operates in Lebanon. Israel maintains that its operations are defensive, limited to immediate threats, and do not breach the ceasefire—a position reiterated in Friday's statement.
6 developments
- DevelopingIsrael says response to 4 soldiers' deaths in Lebanon exhausted, no Dahiyeh strikes
- StrongUS says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect; IDF says war continues, 150 strikes since midnight
- StrongIDF says it eliminated dozens of Hezbollah operatives in over 100 strikes, accuses Hezbollah of ceasefire violations
- StrongUS Ambassador Huckabee: Israel strikes when attacked; ceasefire depends on Hezbollah
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