TEL AVIV, December 27. /TASS/. The IDF approved plans for "various unforeseen circumstances" and has its forces at "very high readiness" near the Lebanese border, IDF General Staff Chief General Herzi Halevi said.

"Today, we have approved plans for various unforeseen consequences, and we must be ready to strike, if necessary. The IDF and its Northern Command are at very high readiness," he said during the meeting on assessment of the situation in the Northern Command headquarters.

"So far, the campaign here [on the Lebanese border] was meticulous and correct, and it must continue like this," Halevi added.