Netanyahu pledges to launch attacks against “adversaries” and deploys forces along the borders of Lebanon and Gaza.

In a speech after the security meeting of the cabinet, he added:

• We will strike our enemies and they will pay a price for their aggression.
• We call for a de-escalation of tensions and we will act resolutely against violent extremists.
• We have no interest in changing the status quo of the holy sites in Jerusalem.

Several days of fighting

• Channel 14 Hebrew: The Israeli army decides to increase the deployment of the Iron Dome system near the Lebanese borders, and to enhance the deployment of ground forces, artillery and paratroopers.
• Haaretz: The Gaza Division will reinforce the deployment of Iron Dome in the south
• The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that Israel is preparing for several days of fighting in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

• The shelters opened are on the northern front: Metula, Kiryat Shmona, Western Galilee, Ras Naqura, Safed, Afula, Tiberias, Migdal HaEmek, Nahariya, Acre, Karmiel, Kiryat, Kiryat Shmuel, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Yam, and Haifa.

• Opening of the southern front shelters: Beersheba, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Yavneh, Rishon LeZion.
• Ben Gurion Airport is under a state of emergency, and flight paths may be diverted in accordance with security developments.
• The US Embassy in Jerusalem sends messages to American tourists in the Galilee, asking them to leave for safer areas.

Support from the opposition

• Opposition leader Yair Lapid said that “the Israeli opposition will give the government full support for a harsh response to the rocket fire from Lebanon.”

A diplomatic prelude to military action

• Media reports said that the Israeli Foreign Ministry had ordered its ambassadors to convey a message to host governments that Israel would respond to rocket fire from Lebanon.