Senior officials in the political-security cabinet said that any Hezbollah fire intended to cross the border will result in an IDF strike on Dahieh in Beirut, despite Tehran's threats to attack every time Israel does so. A senior cabinet official said that "we have ordered the military to maintain the equation we set for Hezbollah, and this will be the test. For any fire intended to cross the fence, toward our communities – we will fire at Dahieh, and we'll see what Iran does." In Israel, officials pointed out that despite Israel's strikes in southern Lebanon, and especially in Tyre, continuing – Iran has not responded or intervened on behalf of Hezbollah.

