The Israeli army’s Home Front Command lifted restrictions in the northern Golan Heights on Wednesday evening, following an assessment of the security situation.
The level of activity permitted in the area has been increased from partial to full.
The decision, which took effect at 6 p.m., came several weeks after a fragile ceasefire with the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon, and is a relatively minor change, with most activities already permitted. .
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Restrictions in this region were eased for the first time after the start of the ceasefire, which came into force at the end of November.
The truce generally holds, although Israel has targeted some Hezbollah terrorists and sites, asserting its right to respond to violations committed by the Iran-backed terror group.
Hezbollah began firing on Israel in the aftermath of the pogrom carried out by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, in southern Israel, claiming it is doing so to support Gaza, leading to Israeli retaliation and the displacement of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel.
Fighting intensified in late September, with Israel eliminating much of Hezbollah’s leadership and launching a limited ground incursion on October 1.
According to the ceasefire resolution, Israeli troops are to withdraw from southern Lebanon, leaving control to the Lebanese army, under American supervision, while Hezbollah also leaves southern Lebanon.
Wednesday’s adjustment of the guidelines also comes amid ongoing Israeli military operations in neighboring Syria, following the sudden fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime there on Sunday, but the announcement made no mention of these developments.
According to Israel, the airstrikes destroyed most of the ousted regime’s strategic assets and troops took temporary control of a buffer zone along the border between the two countries.
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