The Security Cabinet meeting called by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ended after several hours, officials confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
Netanyahu briefed the security cabinet on his meeting last week with US President Donald Trump and discussed the situation with Iran, sources told the Post.
Netanyahu traveled last week to the US to meet President Trump, where he discussed the situation in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran.
He also attended the presidential New Year's Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Thursday, alongside his wife, Sarah Netanyahu.
Netanyahu was the only foreign leader invited to the event and is also the only foreign leader to have ever attended a presidential ball, according to the PMO.
Trump authorizes attack on Hezbollah
According to an exclusive report by the Post, President Trump gave Netanyahu approval to take action against Hezbollah and reiterated his position that “Hezbollah must be completely disarmed.”
“If the Lebanese army doesn’t succeed in disarming them, and Israel believes an action is the necessary thing to do [then the US backs Israel],” said Trump, according to a source familiar with the details.
During the last week, the IDF performed several attacks on the Iranian proxy terror group, with the attacks focused mainly on the southern region of Lebanon.
On Saturday, the military noted that it had struck a Hezbollah terrorist in the Al-Khiyam area of southern Lebanon.
The IDF stated the strike was a response to “Hezbollah’s continued violations of the ceasefire understandings,” but did not provide any details on the identity of the terrorist or the activities the individual was engaging in at the time of the strike.
On December 26, the military launched an attack on several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, which included a combat training ground used to plan terrorist attacks, and several warehouses containing weaponry and terrorist infrastructure.
Tzvi Jasper and Sam Halpern contributed to this report.