Herzog: Deterrence on northern border holds until today

The deterrence created by the IDF along northern border lasts until today, opposition leader Isaac Herzog tells a special Knesset to mark the 10th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War.

“In retrospect, when the Middle East is changing before our eyes, and after battles on other fronts, there is still a considerable deterrent effect achieved during the Second Lebanon War,” he says, according to Walla.

“Hezbollah is not as trigger happy as in the past,” he says.

“The deterrence on the northern border was achieved thanks to the might of the army, thanks to the bravery of conscript soldiers and reservists who fought with courage and sacrifice, and, no less, thanks to the courage and steadfastness of hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens on a home front that became a battle front.”