"We will not return without full security": a senior officer is in favor of the return of the northern evacuees to their homes. The head of the Hermon Entrance Council, Bani Ben Mobacher, in response: "The Brigade is not an authority, I told the Prime Minister that security is needed along the entire border" In recent days, 120 mm mortar bombs with phosphorus heads, as well as precision anti-tank missiles, have been fired towards the north.
About 60,000 residents have been evacuated since the beginning of the war.