Prime Minister Netanyahu said he held a situational assessment this morning with the defense minister and IDF chief of staff, instructing that Israel 'will not tolerate attacks on its soldiers or territory' and will exact a heavy price from Hezbollah. He reiterated that the IDF will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as long as necessary to protect northern communities.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situational assessment Friday morning with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, after which he instructed that Israel "will not tolerate attacks on its soldiers or territory" and will exact a heavy price from Hezbollah. The statement, issued at an undisclosed hour, reaffirms the line Netanyahu first struck at 09:20 Jerusalem amid a spiraling escalation: four soldiers killed overnight in a Hezbollah drone ambush on a tank, the IDF striking over 80 Hezbollah targets and killing dozens of operatives, and the prime minister labeling the attack a "blatant ceasefire violation." By 09:20 Jerusalem, in quick succession across multiple statements, Netanyahu confirmed the scale of the strikes and the elimination of Hezbollah command posts in the Bekaa Valley. The situational assessment appears to formalize the operational posture he had already announced.
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