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BREAKING: Security cabinet ends meeting, authorizes Netanyahu and Gallant to decide on next steps

After over three hours, the security cabinet authorized Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant to decide on the next steps against Hezbollah and Lebanon.

Netanyahu and Gallant. (Photo: DANA KOPEL/POOL)

After deliberating over three hours today (Sunday), the security cabinet officially authorized Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant to decide on the next steps against Hezbollah and Lebanon, with Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir abstaining, according to Channel 14 News.

The IDF reportedly presented the security cabinet currently convened at the Kiryah 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.

Which option was ultimately chosen will likely become apparent soon.

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