Israeli planes dropped leaflets over southern Lebanon, demanding residents leave immediately under the pretext that Hezbollah was firing from the area. Israeli security officials view Hezbollah's Iranian arsenal as an existential threat. Israel's defense minister and some generals desire to repeat Gaza's scenes on Lebanese soil, seeing war with Hezbollah as an alternative to war with Iran. Lebanon is slipping further into the danger zone, exhausted and lacking the means to stave off the threat of conflict.