IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that "the mission assigned by the political leadership to prevent direct fire on the communities - has been achieved." He said this during a visit to southern Lebanon with the participation of Northern Command Chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Miloa, Ground Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan, Division Commander Brig. Gen. Yiftach Norkin, brigade commanders and battalion commanders. "Everything the political leadership defined for us regarding the current campaign in Iran and Lebanon we achieved and even beyond. And with this we created the operational conditions for the processes now being led by the political leadership. On the combat front there is no ceasefire - you continue to fight and remove direct and indirect threats from the communities of the north," he said.