Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF orders evacuations in Beirut as huge blast hits city

With President Joe Biden entering the last few months of his presidency, his personal influence with Israel has "diminished" and its leaders are less likely to take his advice, according to experts at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the think tank and former deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration, said during a briefing Wednesday that Israel thought Biden's advice to "take the win" after defeating Iran's April attack was “bad advice."

"They've reached the conclusion -- and this is not just [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, I think it's Israel -- that this is bad advice, that they’re in an existential conflict and they need to show victory," Abrams said.

Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at CFR, said the Israelis are determined to "change the rules of the game."

"They would not return to a situation in which they had to live under the threat of Hamas and now, obviously, also Hezbollah," Cook said.

Abrams said he thinks "nothing" is off the list for Israel's possible targets in Iran as it vows a response to Tuesday's missile attack.

For the past year, Biden has been warning against a wider war and escalation.

-ABC News' Selina Wang

The European Commission and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued a bulletin Wednesday warning flight operators not to fly in Iran's airspace through Oct. 31.

The agency said there is "high risk" in the airspace due to the Iranian attack against Israel and Israel's plans to retaliate.

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization has canceled all flights across Iran through 5 a.m. local time Thursday, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

-ABC News' Clara McMichael and Hami Hamedi

Iran launched approximately 200 missiles at Israel in its attack on Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Wednesday.

The damage was "relatively minor," Halevi said while visiting the Tel Nof Airbase in Israel.

Halevi said Israel will respond.

"We have the capabilities to reach and strike any point in the Middle East. And those of our enemies who have not yet understood this will soon understand," he said.

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Eight Israeli troops were killed during fighting in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Hezbollah said their fighters surprised a group of Israeli soldiers near the town of Yaroun in southern Lebanon and detonated a "special explosive device."

Several other Israeli soldiers were injured, the IDF said earlier.

"All of the fighters went to the hospitals for medical treatment, their families were informed," the IDF said.