Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told visiting German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeyer that Israel would consider positioning a European force with fighting experience on Israel's border with Lebanon. Olmert told Steinmeyer that the force would have to man the border crossings between Syria and Lebanon in order to prevent Syria from re-supplying Hizbullah.

--IDF Chief-of-Staff Dan Halutz said that, according to verified military intelligence, Hizbullah has the capability to fire longer range missiles at Tel Aviv and Gush Dan.