Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but does not want to drag the region into an all-out war, a senior Israeli defense official said, while two other officials said the country was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting.
The officials spoke as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened security assessments and his security cabinet late on Sunday, a day after a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers.
The country's largest newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted unnamed officials as saying the response would be "limited but significant.”
The report said options for retaliation ranged from a limited but "photogenic" attack on infrastructure including bridges, power plants and ports, to hitting Hezbollah weapons depots or targeting high-level Hezbollah commanders.
