Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference for the international media at the Government Press office in Jerusalem. (Image: Reuters)
Netanyahu did not speak about the remotely detonated thousands of pagers and hand-held radio devices used by operatives of Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to return tens of thousands of residents evacuated from northern border areas to their homes, amid mounting tensions with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.
“We are very determined to create the security conditions that will return the residents to their homes, to the communities, with a high level of security, and we are ready to do all that is required to bring about these things.”See the full remarks of IDF Chief of the General…
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 18, 2024
In a brief video statement, Netanyahu made no mention of the operation that remotely detonated thousands of pagers and hand-held radio devices used by operatives of Hezbollah, which has blamed the attack on Israel.
“I have said it before, we will return the citizens of the north to their homes in security and that’s exactly what we are going to do,” he said in a brief video statement, giving no further details.
In separate remarks, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said more forces were being sent to the northern border, where Israel has been exchanging daily fire with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah for months, as the war moved into a new phase.
“The ‘centre of gravity’ is moving north, meaning that we are allocating forces, resources and energy for the northern arena,” he said in remarks released by his office.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
