Hezbollah confirmed the strike in a statement: “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honourable resistance, and in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the steadfast southern villages and safe homes, especially the attacks that targeted the villages of Kafrkila and Deir Siryan and injured civilians, the Islamic Resistance included the new settlement of Beit Hillel in its fire schedule and bombarded it for the first time with dozens of Katyusha rockets.”
Officials in Washington and Israel expect Iran and its proxies could attack Israel with force as early as Monday, according to the US Axios news site, but they did not speculate on whether Iran and Hezbollah would coordinate their actions.
Michael Kurilla, the US general in charge of American forces in the Middle East, arrived in the region on a planned trip on Saturday, expected to try to mobilise the same international and regional coalition that defended Israel against an attack from Iran on April 13, a US official said.