Three more are severely to moderately injured in the shooting, including the apparent targets of the attack – Avi Bitton, a senior member of a local crime family, and his son Yarin.

Political source assures that the military's readiness for war is "almost complete," but warns that it might be compromised down the line if soldiers and officers continue to skip out on reserve duty.

Under the US-mediated deal between Lebanon and Israel that was signed in October, the disputed waters would be divided along a line straddling the "Qana" natural gas field in the Mediterranean. Gas production would be based on the Lebanese side, but Israel would be compensated.