Heightened Security Situation in North Not Over, IDF General Emphasizes

7 September, 2020   |   4 years ago

Jerusalem, 7 September, 2020 (TPS) -- The special security situation on Israel’s northern border is not over, and the IDF is continuing with its increased preparations, Major General Amir Baram, commander of the IDF’s Northern Command, remarked.

Baram met on Sunday with the heads of the local authorities and the directors of the hospitals in the north and updated them on the security situation and discussed the challenges of the coming period.

He said that IDF forces in the northern sector “continue to maintain their readiness and are prepared for a variety of scenarios to fulfill the mission of protecting the residents of the north and the State of Israel.”

The IDF is on high alert on Israel’s northern border in expectation of an attack by the Hezbollah terror organization.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah earlier this month again threatened to kill Israeli soldiers in retaliation for a Hezbollah operative killed in July during an Israeli strike on Iranian targets in Syria.

Hezbollah has since carried out several failed attacks on Israel’s border, and the military believes that Nasrallah will not be satisfied until an IDF soldier is killed by Hezbollah terrorists.

Such a severe attack could mean a full-blown conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon.