Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Sunday visited the northern border amid the Israel Defense Forces operation against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

The premier toured the border area with IDF Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin and 36th Division Commander Brig. Gen. Moran Omer and was “briefed on the deployment of forces in Lebanon, the operational achievements to date and future objectives,” per the PMO.

“A year ago, we took a terrible blow,” the premier said in remarks to soldiers, in reference to Hamas’s cross-border terrorist slaughter of some 1,200 people, mostly Jewish civilians, on Oct. 7, 2023.

“In the 12 months since then, we have changed the reality across the board. The entire world is astonished by the blows you are landing on our enemies,” Netanyahu continued. “You are the generation of victory.

“You—together with your fellow soldiers, IDF fighters and the security forces in Gaza, Yehuda and Shomron, throughout the region—are doing amazing things. You are lions,” the prime minister stated.

“Several meters [feet] from here, over the border, their fellow soldiers are dismantling the terrorist infrastructure that Hezbollah had prepared in order to attack our communities,” said the Israeli leader, adding: “Together we will fight and together we will win, with God’s help.”

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli air defenses intercepted two surface-to-surface missiles launched at Israel’s northern coastal plain by Hezbollah.

The missiles set off sirens along the coast between Chaifa and Chadera, including in Jisr az-Zarka, Zichron Yaakov and Caesarea.

There were no reports of injuries or damage from the attack.

Lebanese state media on Sunday reported a massive Israeli airstrike in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiya south of Beirut shortly after the missile attack on northern Israel.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces, which has been pounding the neighborhood near the Lebanese capital for weeks, eliminating leaders of the Iranian terror proxy, including Hassan Nasrallah, and destroying terror infrastructure.

(JNS)