The Israel Defence Forces has announced that it will deploy two additional reserve brigades, amounting to several thousand troops, for future “operational missions” in the north.
"Their recruitment will allow the continuation of the war effort against the Hezbollah terror organization, the protection of the citizens of the State of Israel and the creation of the conditions for the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes," the military said on Wednesday afternoon.
The IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin also said that the army needed to be prepared for a potential ground invasion of Lebanon to remove the threat posed by Hezbollah.
"We need to change the security situation. We need to be very strongly prepared to enter [Lebanon] in a [ground] manoeuvre," Gordin stated.
