As is his custom, Ban chided the aggressor (Hezbollah) as well as the defender (Israel), condemning Hezbollah for its attack and expressing concern over Israel's response.

In an apparent revenge attack, the Hezbollah terror organization detonated an explosive charge against IDF forces operating on the northern border. No Israelis were injured. The IDF responded with artillery fire.

The IDF continues to prepare for a retaliatory terror attack by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah terror organization.

While the Lebanese Army is plainly visible from the other side of Israel’s northern border, Hezbollah fighters tend to keep a much lower profile.

Anticipating an attack by Hezbollah in the north, the IDF has stepped security precautions, forbidding anyone from approaching near the border with Lebanon.

A senior Israeli government official blasted the Palestinian Authority for honoring assassinated Hezbollah arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar.

In a condolence letter to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah’s central committee, called assassinated terrorist Samir Kuntar a “national hero.”

A Lebanese satellite TV station affiliated with terror group Hezbollah reported on details of assassinated arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar’s last will and testament, claiming it calls for revenge against Israel.

The US State Department added four Palestinian terrorists to its "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" list, which prohibits any financial transactions on their behalf.

With Iran-funded terrorism on the Israel-Syria border and the increasing presence of jihadists, the IDF conducted two weeks of exercises to prepare for the possibility of an incursion into Syrian territory.