Which is somewhat disturbing. "Senior military commanders" are obviously in a position to know if the current campaign is not meeting the objectives that they believe must be met to assure the security of Israel, and it is surprising (and possibly emboldening to Hezbollah?) that the cabinet would deny the expansion of current operations. The cabinet did approve the mobilization of three reserve divisions in the event of what it believes might be a future necessity to expand the operation.

Perhaps Israel is overly concerned about alarming the Syrians with a further escalation, and maybe it is waiting to take the next step until the rockets hit further South. But Hezbollah vowed yesterday to begin shooting the rockets further than they have thus far, and it hardly seems the time for the Israelis to be signalling a limitation in their operations that would allow Hezbollah to escape, remain intact and regroup for future attacks against Israel. This can only comfort and embolden Hezbollah.