Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting today in emergency session with Israel's security chiefs to discuss options after a Hezbollah missile attack killed two Israeli soldiers, his office said.
The premier "is at this hour convening a security situation assessment at defence headquarters in Tel Aviv," his office said, adding among those taking part were Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, armed forces chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, and the head of the Shin Bet security service.
"Those behind today's attack will pay the full price," the statement quoted Netanyahu as saying, accusing Iran of using Hezbollah as a proxy along Israel's northern flanks.
Netanyahu also sent a warning to the government of Lebanon and to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from whose territories Wednesday's attack and Tuesday's rocket fire on the Golan Heights were launched.
"The government of Lebanon and the Assad regime share responsibility for the consequences of attacks originating in their territory against the state of Israel," he said.
