The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that they are planning to evacuate civilians who live in towns up to two kilometers from the Lebanese border amid repeated rocket and missile attacks by the Islamic terror group Hezbollah in recent days.

The Defense Ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) said the residents will be taken to state-funded guesthouses after the plan was approved by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The IDF said it has notified the heads of the local authorities in the area of the upcoming implementation of the plan.

Meanwhile, several Likud ministers are vehemently opposing a reported US-brokered temporary truce to allow aid into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

Energy Minister Israel Katz said he “bitterly opposes the opening of the blockade and the introduction of goods into Gaza on humanitarian grounds.”

“Our commitment is to the families of the murdered and kidnapped hostages — not to the Hamas murderers and those who helped them,” he added.

“Those who massacre children, rape women and kidnap babies do not deserve any mercy,” Culture Minister Miki Zohar said.