IDF ready for potential Hezbollah response to military chief’s killing; no change in Home Front guidelines

By Emanuel Fabian

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24 November 2025, 9:59 am

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Left: Rescuers search for survivors at the site of an airstrike that killed Hezbollah's military chief in a residential building in Beirut's southern Haret Hreik neighborhood on November 23, 2025. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP); Right: Hezbollah military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai, in a poster issued by the terror group after his death. (Hezbollah Media Office)

Following the killing of Hezbollah’s military chief in Beirut yesterday, the IDF is geared up for a potential response by the Iran-backed terror group, though as of now, there has been no change in guidelines for civilians.

The Israeli Air Force has bolstered air defenses in the north for possible rocket fire by Hezbollah from Lebanon, and has also raised its level of alert, military sources say.

However, as of yet, the military has no specific information indicating that Hezbollah is planning a rocket barrage.

The Home Front Command, meanwhile, has not issued any changes to its guidelines for civilians.