Home Front Command Caps Gatherings at 5,000 Nationwide as Major Shows Are Canceled

Israel’s Home Front Command tightened civilian restrictions on Sunday amid fears of an Iranian missile response, limiting gatherings across the country to 5,000 people and scrapping large concerts and performances. After a reassessment at the Transport Ministry, officials decided to keep Israel’s airspace open for now.

The harsher guidelines came after Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s Dahieh district, which prompted threats from Iran, as well as a series of targeted attacks in several villages in southern Lebanon. Security officials said they had prepared for the possibility that Iran would intervene and attack Israel again.

According to N12, security sources said that during the planning before the strike, an Iranian response was one of the scenarios discussed. One official said, “We saw how the Iranians reacted the last time, and we took that into account.” The official added, “We are prepared for all possibilities.”

A diplomatic source familiar with the contacts told Fox News that the strike “complicates efforts to complete the agreement.” N12 also reported that the IDF notified U.S. Central Command shortly before the Beirut strike, according to Israeli and American officials. Meanwhile, a commander in Khatam al-Anbiya warned that “the crimes of the Zionist entity in Dahieh will not go unanswered,” and channels close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that “within a few hours the skies of the Jews will again be filled with a rain of missiles.”