Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the Lebanese Hezbollah organization is paying a “heavy price” for its rocket attacks and gunfire against Israeli military sites, soldiers, and towns in northern Israel in recent days.

Galant explained to the soldiers at the 91st Regional Brigade base in Camp Biranit on the Lebanese border, "Hezbollah has decided to participate in the fighting, and they will pay a heavy price for that."

He continued, "I assume that the challenges will become greater than they are now, and we must take that into account, so that our forces are ready like spring for any situation."

According to the "Times of Israel," more than 13 members of Hezbollah have been killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon over the past two weeks.