For the time being, the IDF has not changed the directives of the Home Front Command, but the IDF says that they are prepared for defense as well as a response to attempts to harm Israel.

The assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran causes consternation at the United Nations Security Council with fears of an all-out war.

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal arrested in March 2023 on allegations of espionage, was sentenced earlier this month to 16 years in a maximum security prison.

Iran’s revenge mode is intended to prepare the ground for what comes next; its goal is to basically telegraph to the region what it will do.

“Israel is in a state of very high readiness for any scenario. We will exact a very high price for any act of aggression against us from any quarter whatsoever,” Netanyahu said.

Michael Oren served in the paratroopers' brigade during the First Lebanon War, and he will soon join Kfar Blum's emergency squad,

Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran was an “aggressive act of terrorism” and a “grave breach” of Iranian “sovereignty,” he said as he called on the UN Security Council to sanction Israel.

European countries urged citizens to leave Lebanon due to escalating tensions with Israel following Hezbollah's attack and subsequent retaliation threats.