Amid the the IDF reorganization into a buffer zone along the border with Lebanon, the Ministry of Defense and the IDF are speeding up the “Northern Shield” project. As of this morning (Tuesday), 1,240 fortified security rooms (known officially as residential secure spaces – mamads) are simultaneously under construction\u00a0 in 17 communities along the northern border.<\/p>\n
Next month, construction will begin on dozens of additional secure rooms, adding to the hundreds already completed and delivered to residents. In the Mateh Asher Regional Council, work is underway on 181 out of 196 planned secure spaces. In Ma\u2019ale Yosef Regional Council, 52 out of 56 fortified rooms are being built, with similar progress in many other communities along the border.<\/p>\n
The Redeployment in Lebanon Following the IDF’s redeployment in Lebanon to five strategic points, the Ministry of Defense and the IDF are speeding up the “Northern Shield” project to construct secure rooms in border towns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":15844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[3042,1475,1480,1578,1689,1743,2813],"class_list":["post-15843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","tag-defense","tag-idf","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-security","tag-swords-of-iron","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>According to the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon signed at the end of November, IDF forces have completed the return to Israel of the vast majority of forces from areas captured in southern Lebanon, leaving some military presence to serve as a buffer zone to protect Israeli citizens along the border. In coordination with the United States, the IDF remains stationed at five key points in southern Lebanon which pose a high security threat and hold strategic importance for northern Israeli communities. Additionally, numerous military outposts have been established along the Israeli side of the border, and IDF forces have been reinforced.<\/p>\nThe Five IDF Outposts:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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