The Israeli PM prepares a response to Iran's attack despite strong international pressure to the contrary. Meanwhile, Hezbollah strikes in Galilee, Tehran evacuates bases in Syria.
18 Israelis injured in the Galilee: 4 civilians and 14 soldiers, 6 of which seriously. Cameron used an argument that many Israeli analysts and even ministers have been calling for for days in urging Netanyahu to be cautious. "Better to be intelligent rather than harsh. The real need - observed the head of the Foreign Office - is to return to focusing on Hamas, on the hostages, on a pause in the conflict in Gaza," said David Cameron. "It is better not to open more fronts" at the moment, said minister Arieh Deri of the religious party Shas, who sits, as an auditor, in the small Israeli war cabinet. "There is an unfinished campaign in Gaza and that there are still hostages there," said minister Deri, recalling that "there is still a war in Gaza. But the warning from Netanyahu suggests that the decision has now been made.