The IDF is prepared military action against Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to the northern border of the country on Wednesday.
“Whoever thinks that he will hurt us and that we will then sit idly by is making a big mistake,” Netanyahu said.
“We are prepared for very intense action in the north. One way or another, we will restore security to the north,” he added.
His statement during a visit to the northern city of Kiryat Shmona after firefighters battled blazes along the northern border that had been set off by rockets Hezbollah had launched at Israel from Lebanon.
“Yesterday the ground was on fire here,” the PM said, “but the ground was also burning in Lebanon.”
As the Gaza war is winding down in the south, attention has turned to the escalating cross-border violence with Hezbollah in the north.
Meanwhile, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzl Halevi said the army was ready to move to an offensive in the north. “We are prepared after a very good process of training up to the level of a General Staff exercise to move to an offensive in the north,” he said, adding, “We are approaching a decision point.”
