The head of Iran-backed Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, said on Thursday that the Lebanese group would act as it saw fit in the face of what he called "brutal Israeli-American aggression" against Iran.

Missiles continue to rule the skies in Israel and Iran as the two sides escalated the ongoing conflict to the seventh day. Israel asked its citizens in two cities to leave and take shelter due to imminent Iranian strikes.

Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful regional ally, has signaled privately that it does not intend to attack Israel, but Lebanon’s military has bolstered its presence in the country’s south to prevent rocket fire.