The Hezbollah terror group has recently raised the frequency of its provocations on Israel's northern border - and one senior IDF source is warning that war with Hezbollah is only a matter of time.

Unlike the explosives fired in Metula earlier this week, the missile fired last week near Ghajar only barely missed a military vehicle, and a different result would have completely changed the situation in northern Israel.

According to Israel Hayom, the IDF had no prior information on the missile, similar to the situation on Passover and in some of the other recent incidents.

"No one knows when it will happen, but war is a matter of time," a senior commander in northern Israel told Israel Hayom. "We are on high alert. If in the past, there were infiltrations of mostly labor-seekers, today there are provocations on the border fence."

Meanwhile, the IDF in general and the Northern Command especially are trying to pretend that it is "business as usual" and say that neither side has an interest in being dragged into a war. According to them, each side's goal is to hit under the belt without showing off their achievements and embarrassing the other side.

Israel Hayom added that outwardly, the IDF is not being dragged into Hezbollah's provocations, but under the surface, the situation is completely different and fully concealed. Even Hezbollah does not publicize Israel's responses - just like it waited a year before publicizing the new fence at Ghajar.

David Azoulay, head of the Metula Council, told Israel Hayom, "The north has been abandoned in exchange for quiet, and no one cares. [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah knows that conflict with Israel will trap us. He does not want this and therefore will not begin a conflict, but I feel like Hezbollah is going all the way."