SpaceWar.com reports: “The United States assesses there is still a threat of a new attack on Israel by Iran or its proxies, the Pentagon said Monday, after Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched a rocket and drone barrage over the weekend.

Iran and its regional allies have threatened to attack Israel in response to high-profile killings in Tehran and Beirut late last month, and Hezbollah said its recent strikes on Israel were in response to one of those assassinations.

‘We continue to assess that there is a threat of attack, and we… remain well-postured to be able to support Israel’s defense as well as to protect our forces should they be attacked,’ Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder told journalists…”