Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared that Israeli forces had been granted “full freedom” to engage any threat encountered in southern Lebanon, reaffirming that troops would remain deployed in the region for as long as deemed necessary, AFP reports.
“My directive, and that of the minister of defence, to the IDF is clear and has not changed: Our fighters in southern Lebanon have full freedom of action to thwart any direct or developing threat to them or to the residents of the north,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
“The IDF has no restrictions on this matter.”
