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Reserve Brigade Commander Urges Maintaining Control in Southern Lebanon for Northern Israel's Security
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First reported by Ynet · 17 hours ago
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Reserve Brigade 679 commander Itai Zeafrani urges Israel to maintain control over strategic southern Lebanon areas to protect northern communities, highlighting the heavy toll on reservists and the need for sustained military presence. He spoke after his brigade's recent operations in Bint Jbeil and a direct discussion with Prime Minister Netanyahu about reservists' challenges.
- 01Reserve Brigade 679 captured strategic Silvester ridge in southern Lebanon after two months of operations.
- 02Commander Zeafrani calls to hold these areas to secure northern Israeli towns.
- 03He praises evacuation of Lebanese civilians for enabling safer military operations.
- 04Zeafrani warns maintaining control requires large standing forces and strong reserves.
- 05He highlights reservists' heavy burden, with over 500 reserve days served recently.
- 06Zeafrani urges pragmatic solutions for reservists' strain, separate from political debates.
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