On June 19, local time on the 18th, the Israel Defense Forces issued a notice saying that the commander of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Command, Ori Goldin, and the director of the Operations Bureau, Ode Basiliuk, held a joint situation assessment of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict at the Israel Northern Command. As part of the situation assessment, the Israeli army approved the action plan for the offensive against Lebanon and decided to continue to improve the combat readiness of the ground forces.