Netanyahu on northern border: Israel has ‘detailed, important, even surprising plans’ for Hezbollah

Israel has “detailed, important, even surprising plans” to deal with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says during a visit to IDF Northern Command headquarters.

“But I do not share these plans with the enemy,” he says, adding that the plans have two goals – to restore security to the north and to allow civilians to return home.

“We are determined to achieve both things together,” he says after the visit, which was also attended by the head of the Northern Command, and of Divisions 91, 36 and 146.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.

So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in 10 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 14 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.

Hezbollah has named 312 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 61 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.