TEL-AVIV, November 1. /TASS/. The government of Israel is ready for any developments on the country’s northern border and will decisively thwart all sorts of provocations on the part of radicals from Lebanon, the country’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said.

"In the northern sector, the decision is to be prepared for all developments, to carry out a strong defense by a large-scale mobilization of reserves that are already deployed on the Lebanese border, the evacuation of civilians from the line of defense in order to ensure that their well-being is being safeguarded in the event of a head-on clash with Hezbollah, and attacking enemy networks in response to his provocations everywhere and without hesitation," Hanegbi said.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when Hamas militants staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and has been delivering rocket attacks on Gaza as well as some districts in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.