The IDF reportedly presented the security cabinet currently convened at the Kiryah today (Sunday) with four options for responding to the Hezbollah attack on Majdal Shams, according to Channel 14, from the most severe to the least.
Option 1: A general war in the north, making the northern sector the central battlefield and Gaza a secondary one. This will involve a plan requiring a few weeks with the clear objective of driving Hezbollah twelve kilometers from the border and destroying all terrorist infrastructure within that area.
Option 2: A serious response without a general war, including choosing targets in areas which have remained untouched until now, including deep inside Lebanon and Beirut.
Option 3: A moderate response, with a few dozen targets chosen, ranging from weapons depots, command posts, terrorists, and expensive infrastructures which will hit Hezbollah in their wallets.
Option 4: Delaying a response and instead preparing for a general regional war. This is considered the unlikeliest option.
The biggest unknown is how Hezbollah will respond to all of these and whether any option aimed to be short of a general war will actually avoid it.
Discussions in the security cabinet are still ongoing.
