Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that all IDF achievements in the Lebanon campaign are being maintained, with Israeli forces deployed along the Yellow Line security zone and conducting operations inside Lebanese territory against militants and infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.
Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated Sunday that the IDF's wartime achievements in Lebanon remain intact, with troops deployed along the Yellow Line — the forward security belt inside southern Lebanon — and actively conducting operations against militants and terrorist infrastructure eastward from that line. The statement echoes Katz's previous declarations that Israel will maintain an open-ended presence in Lebanese security zones, a position he and Prime Minister Netanyahu have conveyed to the Trump administration last week.
Earlier this week, Minister Amichai Shikli warned that any withdrawal from the Yellow Line would be a failure, describing it as Israel's necessary security frontier. The Zioneer has reported extensively on the debate within the Israeli government over the future of the buffer zone: in a June 15 bulletin, Katz confirmed that the IDF would stay in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza security zones indefinitely, rejecting withdrawal pressure. A subsequent June 18 bulletin quoted Netanyahu saying the IDF will remain in southern Lebanon as long as security needs require.
Sunday's statement comes amid ongoing diplomatic discussions over the Lebanon front and follows the ceasefire declaration that left the IDF in all its positions. No new operational details were provided, and the statement did not address any specific incidents or enemy actions. The claim is based on a single official source.
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