Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz spoke with the IDF chief of staff and the Northern Command chief on Monday evening, clarifying directives for the use of fire in the Yellow Line area of southern Lebanon, according to an official statement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz spoke with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir and Northern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Ori Gordin on Monday evening, clarifying the operational directives for opening fire in the Yellow Line area in southern Lebanon, according to an official statement.
The Yellow Line is the forward IDF deployment boundary in southern Lebanon, established after the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah. The clarification follows a series of high-level exchanges in recent days: as The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, the PM and defense minister held a security assessment at 22:47 and issued updated operational directives for southern Lebanon, emphasizing swift action against hostile activity and reaffirming field commanders' authority. This new clarification appears to provide more specific fire orders for a defined geographic zone.
The call comes amid ongoing diplomatic pressure on Israel regarding its presence in southern Lebanon. Over the past week, The Zioneer has reported that Netanyahu told aides withdrawal from the security zone is a 'red line' (Sunday), that Defense Minister Katz said Netanyahu informed Trump Israel will not withdraw from Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza security zones (Monday), and that Israeli sources had discussed a possible partial withdrawal from the Yellow Line (Monday at 17:30). The U.S., under President Trump, has been pressing for a full multi-front ceasefire explicitly including Lebanon.
The precise nature of the fire orders — whether permissive or restrictive — was not detailed in the statement. The PM and defense minister's initiative to personally clarify directives to the senior command suggests the Yellow Line sector is being handled at the highest political-military level as diplomatic and operational pressures intersect.
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