Defense Minister Israel Katz spoke at the ceremony reading the names of Israel's fallen soldiers at the Hall of Remembrance on Mount Herzl, and addressed the campaign against Hezbollah. According to him, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I instructed the IDF to act with full force, even during the ceasefire, to protect our soldiers in Lebanon from any threat. Our commitment to the residents of the north remains clear and unequivocal: to bring security. This is how we will act regarding high-trajectory fire from north of the Litani and throughout Lebanon. Nasrallah destroyed the Shiite community in Lebanon and Naim Qassem will devastate it and pay with the loss of homes and territory, until he also pays with the loss of his head."