According to this article from Yediot Aharonot (an Israeli daily newspaper), Ben Gurion categorized an attack on a small settlement as equivalent to an attack on Tel Aviv, a major city. The subtitle reads: If the United Nations is not successful to allay the Syrians, then our army will do this.

Ben Gurion had stated that if the Syrians officers and the government in Damascus are not able restrain themselves and continue to harm our children and prevent work in the fields, then the Israeli army will reach them in places where they think themselves to be safe. The article continues: we hope that the United Nations, which is appointed to the preservation of peace in the region will be successful in its mission, and only if they stumble we are not able to stand on the side, the army will respond to it...thus said the Prime Minister and Secretary of Defense Mr. David Ben Gurion.