The Israel Defense Forces would establish a security zone in Southern Lebanon, extending to the Litani River, following its campaign against Iranian-backed Hezbollah, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAt the conclusion of the operation, the IDF will position themselves in a security zone inside Lebanon, along a defensive line against anti-tank missiles,\u201d Katz stated after a security assessment with senior military officials, including Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai.<\/span><\/p>\n The Litani River lies some 20 miles north of the Blue Line, which currently demarcates the unofficial border between Israel and Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n Katz announced that the 600,000-plus residents of Southern Lebanon who were evacuated northward in recent weeks would be barred from returning south of the Litani \u201cuntil the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.\u201d He also said that all homes in Lebanese villages near the Blue Line would be demolished to eliminate cross-border threats, citing models used by the IDF in the Gaza Strip\u2019s Rafah and Beit Hanoun areas.<\/span><\/p>\n Israeli forces continue to operate in Lebanon \u201cto protect the residents of the north and to remove direct threats against them,\u201d Katz said, adding that troops were entering villages \u201cwith great force,\u201d eliminating Hezbollah terrorists, destroying infrastructure and weapons and demolishing buildings used as firing positions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are determined to separate Lebanon from the Iranian arena and to pull the snake\u2019s teeth and strip Hezbollah of its ability to threaten, changing once and for all the situation in Lebanon, with an IDF security presence in the necessary places\u2014with strict enforcement and absolute deterrence, just as in Syria and Gaza,\u201d the defense minister vowed.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe promised to protect the communities of the north, and that is exactly what we will do,\u201d he declared.<\/span><\/p>\n Iranian-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets and suicide drones at Israel from Lebanon on March 2, in retaliation for the Jewish state\u2019s targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\/Epic Fury\u201d against the regime on Feb. 28.<\/span><\/p>\n In response to the terrorist organization\u2019s violation of the U.S.-brokered Nov. 27, 2024, truce agreement, Jerusalem launched an aerial campaign against Hezbollah and ordered IDF troops to advance and take control of additional areas in Southern Lebanon to halt cross-border attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich<\/a><\/span> said on March 23 that the Israel Defense Forces should establish the Litani River as the Jewish state\u2019s \u201cnew border with the Lebanese state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The ongoing campaign against Hezbollah \u201cmust end with a radical change\u201d beyond the vanquishing of the Iranian-backed terror group, the senior Cabinet minister told reporters during a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism Party at the Knesset in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Litani must be our new border with the Lebanese state, just like the Yellow Line in Gaza and like the buffer zone and peak of the Hermon in Syria,\u201d said Smotrich.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe must not return to the Oct. 6 situation where the enemy is on our fences,\u201d Smotrich continued, in reference to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre. \u201cWe\u2019ll push him away on all fronts and create a sterile security cordon that will separate the enemy from our citizens,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Katz: IDF to establish security zone 20 miles deep into Lebanon JNS Staff The defense minister said residents of Southern Lebanon would be barred from returning \u201cuntil the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.\u201d Israel Defense Forces soldiers during operations in Southern Lebanon, March 2026. 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<\/a>Katz: IDF to establish security zone 20 miles deep into Lebanon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nJNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe defense minister said residents of Southern Lebanon would be barred from returning \u201cuntil the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Israel Defense Forces soldiers during operations in Southern Lebanon, March 2026. Credit: IDF.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n