IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi held an assessment and approved battle plans for the northern front. The statement comes amid soaring tensions with the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. Hezbollah militants continued to strike northern Israel with missiles and unmanned drones. Smoke could be seen rising from behind houses near the border between Israel and Lebanon. Several Israeli casualties from earlier rocket strikes were evacuated to a hospital in the city of Haifa. Meanwhile, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Israel violated “red lines” with blasts across Lebanon.