Gallant huddles with IDF generals, reiterating heightened war preparedness

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held an assessment this evening on Lebanon with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, head of the Northern Command Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, and head of the Israeli Air Force Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar.

Also participating in the meeting at the Northern Command headquarters in Safed was the head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, and head of the General Staff Corps, Maj. Gen. David Zini, among other officers.

Gallant was briefed on “the latest developments in the fight against Hezbollah,” his office says.

The Defense Ministry says Gallant “gave a special emphasis” to the Hezbollah drone threat and to ways Israel can improve in countering it. He also told the generals to “be fully prepared for all possibilities.”

“We are completing the ground and air readiness, strengthening the intelligence systems, and preparing for any possibility,” Gallant is quoted as saying in a ministry statement.

“We have an obligation to change the situation in the north and return the citizens safely to their homes, and we will find the way to do this action,” he says, referring to the tens of thousands of Israelis displaced by Hezbollah’s attacks.

Halevi tells Gallant in the meeting that the military is “very determined, ready today at a very high level of readiness,” and prepared “to make the right decisions.”