Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened the meeting of the political-security cabinet in the Kirya in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning by referencing the IDF’s pre-emptive strike in Lebanon in the early morning hours.
“This morning, we identified Hezbollah preparations to attack Israel. In consensus with the Defense Minister and the IDF Chief-of-Staff, we directed the IDF to initiate action to eliminate the threat,” Netanyahu said.
“Since then, the IDF has been taking strong action to foil the threats. It has eliminated thousands of rockets that were aimed at northern Israel. It is thwarting many other threats and is taking very strong action – both defensively and offensively,” he said.
Hezbollah was reportedly preparing to fire about 6,000 rockets and missiles at Israel when the IDF launched its pre-emptive strike. However, even though the major attack on Tel Aviv was preempted, we cannot ignore that over 300 rockets were still launched at the North.
Hezbollah was certainly prepared to attack Israel with the intent of massive destruction: however, Israel was certainly ready to take the decisive action that it did to defend itself. The pre-emptive air strike that Israel carried out averted what could have been another devastating tragedy.
Photo above shows a home in Acre damaged by the terror attack.
Sources:
Netanyahu: ‘Whoever harms us, we will harm them’, by Israel National News, August 25, 2024