Israel, for its part, still reeling from the trauma of its ill-begotten war in Lebanon in 1982, chose not to respond to Hezbollah’s attacks and hoped that the attacks would not escalate. Yet such absurd situations tend to explode, as occurred with Hezbollah’s abduction of two Israeli soldiers within Israeli territory.
以色列方面，由于其1982年在黎巴嫩出师不利的战争依然深受其痛苦的震撼，因此决定不回应真主党的攻击并且希望攻击不会升级。但是，这种荒谬的局势由于真主党在以色列的领土上绑架了两名以色列士兵而趋向于爆炸。