(Jun. 4, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior military officials on Thursday held a joint security assessment with mayors in the country\u2019s north, the IDF said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a shared goal: protecting the residents of the north and restoring lasting peace and security. We are working together, shoulder to shoulder, toward that goal,\u201d Zamir said at the special gathering of the General Staff Forum, which includes around 30 of the military\u2019s top commanders, at an army base in Safed.<\/p>\n
The IDF is maintaining a \u201cmulti-front state of readiness\u201d and is looking \u201cat the broader picture across the entire Middle East, while remaining focused on the northern border,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Zamir stressed that the majority of the IDF\u2019s soldiers are currently deployed to the northern border and in Southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven at this hour, our troops continue to operate on the ground and with firepower to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and remove threats,\u201d the military chief stated. \u201cJust this week, IDF troops operated in the Beaufort Ridge area, dismantling significant and critical Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure that had been built over many years, while advancing defensive operations.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted that Jerusalem\u2019s operations have weakened Iran and its terrorist allies \u201cto an unprecedented degree, significantly damaging and weakening Hezbollah as well, which serves as a key pillar of Iran\u2019s influence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring \u2018Operation Roaring Lion,\u2019 when we identified Hezbollah\u2019s entry into the attack against Israel, we acted swiftly and decisively to eliminate the threat of infiltration raids and anti-tank attacks against the communities,\u201d said Zamir.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is our policy\u2014there is no containment. We act with initiative and defensive action against every emerging threat,\u201d according to Zamir. \u201cWe have created a new security reality. We are standing between the communities and the threats they face, removing those threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
The chief of staff told the northern mayors that the military was aware of the price their communities were paying.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are engaged in a prolonged operation. We have achieved significant accomplishments and we hold the upper hand. Our mission is your security and your protection\u2014restoring lasting peace and security,\u201d he concluded. \u201cTogether, we are committed to creating a better security reality here for the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iranian-backed Hezbollah renewed its rocket and drone attacks on Israel on March 2, following the targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, the first day of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response, the IDF launched a broad aerial campaign against Hezbollah targets and expanded military operations in Southern Lebanon aimed at preventing cross-border attacks on Israeli communities.<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 26 accused Hezbollah of \u201cessentially disintegrating\u201d the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon, which was renewed during U.S.-brokered talks with Beirut on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, as far as we are concerned, what obligates us is the security of Israel, the security of our soldiers, and the security of our communities,\u201d the prime minister said. \u201cWe are acting vigorously according to the rules we agreed upon with the United States, and incidentally, with Lebanon as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Jun. 4, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-475943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}