IDF chief says there is a ‘long way to go’ to secure quiet along border with Lebanon

Speaking to mayors and leaders of local authorities in northern Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says “there is still a long way to go” in changing the security situation on the Lebanon border, amid daily attacks by Hezbollah.

“Thanks to you, the IDF can act decisively to change the security situation in the north. There are very great achievements in hitting Hezbollah in Lebanon, but we continue to act. This is not the point to stop. There is still a long way to go and we will walk it together,” he says.

Halevi tells the mayors that he is meeting them after approving plans of action following a deadly rocket barrage on Safed earlier today.

He says the IDF is increasing its strikes on Hezbollah, and the terror group is paying “increasing prices.”

Halevi also warns that should war break out in the north, the IDF will “use all the tools and abilities” it has at its disposal.