US backed preemptive strike on Hezbollah: Report

Israel provided the US with "considerable" advance notice of its pre-dawn preemptive strike on Hezbollah’s rocket and missile launchers, according to a report by The Time of Israel. 

The report states that the US administration supported the strike but cautioned Israel, both before and after the attack, to avoid actions that could escalate the conflict into a full-scale war.

The message from the US, conveyed through several interactions with Jerusalem, was reportedly: “We support the operation to avert the specific threat, but be careful in your actions; don’t do anything that is likely to lead to a regional war.”

Channel 12 further reports that Israel is now working to advance an arrangement to secure calm along the northern frontier, pressuring Hezbollah through diplomatic channels, including the U.S. and other intermediaries. The goal, according to the report, is to "explain in words, after Israel explained in actions, that it is not in Hezbollah’s interest to escalate or drag the region into war."