Thursday. Following the demolition, the military said it would "reorganize" its deployment in the area, but would still remain in control of the ridge with surveillance and firepower. "The IDF is operationally preparing to control the ridge and prevent any attempt by Hezbollah or any other party to return and establish itself there," Katz says in a statement. He says that the ridge remains part of Israel's southern Lebanon buffer zone, and that the IDF "will not withdraw or redeploy until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout Lebanon."

