Defense Minister Israel Katz addressed the wave of strikes in Lebanon and stated that "the IDF struck hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists in a surprise attack at command centers across Lebanon. This is the largest concentrated blow Hezbollah has suffered since the pager operation." Katz once again threatened the head of the terror organization Naim Qassem: "He did not understand what Nasrallah understood in the final moments of his life - that the Israel of after October 7 will not tolerate any threat or harm to its citizens - not from Iran and not from Lebanon. The personal turn of the arch-terrorist Naim Qassem will also come."