A senior Israeli political official said on Sunday morning that Hezbollah planned to attack strategic facilities in the center of the country.

Reshet Kan channel quoted the Israeli official as saying: We stopped a major attack... The continuation of the escalation depends on Hezbollah.

Another official told Channel 12 that this is not an attack aimed at starting a war... but rather removing a serious threat to millions of Israeli citizens.

He stressed that the continuation of the escalation depends on Hezbollah's actions.