Spokesman says IDF ‘on high alert.’ No change to guidelines for civilians, but ‘be vigilant’

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says the military will know how to handle any threat, as the country braces for a response to the assassinations this week of Hezbollah’s military chief in Beirut and Hamas’s leader in Tehran.

“Since the beginning of the war. we have faced various threats from far and near,” he says.

“We have proven recently that the State of Israel knows how to deal with threats in defense, and to respond with a mighty attack,” Hagari continues.

He says the IDF is holding continuous assessments on the situation, but as of now, there is no change to Home Front Command guidelines for civilians. “We have our finger on the pulse all the time.”

“We have very good defense systems, and we have international allies that bolstered their forces in the area to aid us against these threats,” Hagari says.

But alongside this, Hagari says that Israel’s defenses are “not hermetic.”

“Be vigilant and continue to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command,” he says, adding that if there are any changes, the military will update immediately.

Hagari says that “the IDF is on high alert, both in defense and in attack. IDF troops are deployed in the air, at sea, and on the ground, and are ready for any scenario, and especially with plans to carry out attacks in the immediate time-frame.”