- State affiliation · Israel
- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
State affiliation: Israel.
Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.
In brief
The IDF regional command for the Lebanese and Syrian fronts. In this module, the command that fought Hezbollah in 2023–24 and again in 2026, and that holds the area the UN calls the forward defence line.
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. 1 subordinate record published.
- Subordination
- Subordination reported
- Sources
- 4 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
- Broad area of activity
- Northern Israel and southern Lebanon, described at strategic scale only
- Notable history
- The Northern Command faced Hezbollah's front from 8 October 2023, led the ground operation into southern Lebanon from 30 September 2024, and after the November 2024 cessation retained positions inside Lebanon. In the 2026 war, from 2 March, its forces entered southern Lebanon again from mid-March and established the area the UN Secretary-General calls the forward defence line (Israel's "Yellow Line"), which it still held after the ceasefire of 19 June 2026. The divisions it commands on this front are recorded under the Levant navigation root, each stating it as its formal parent.
- Strengths
- A standing regional command with long experience of the Lebanese front, backed by air superiority over southern Lebanon.
- Limitations
- A held zone whose withdrawal the June 2026 framework ties to verified disarmament by the Lebanese state, which Hezbollah rejects. No dispositions, strength or operational detail are published.
Subordinate formations
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Lineage & institutional history
Formal parent institution: Israel Defense Forces
Campaigns
Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.
- The Lebanon front, 2023–2024 Primary force · 8 October 2023 – 27 November 2024 · high confidence · as of 2024-11
The IDF regional command responsible for the Lebanon front throughout.
- The 2026 Lebanon war Primary force · Since 2 March 2026 · high confidence · as of 2026-10
The IDF regional command responsible for the Lebanon front.
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Assessed as of — 2026-06 Last reviewed — 2026-09-09
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