US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday left open the possibility of more strikes against Iran-linked groups if attacks against American forces in Iraq and Syria don't stop, hours after overnight US air strikes in Syria.
"These attacks must stop, and if they don't stop, then we won't hesitate to do what's necessary, again, to protect the troops," Austin told reporters at a news conference in Seoul.
Alon Pinkus, former Israeli consul-general to New York, told 103FM Radio on Monday morning that he can "envision a scenario in which the Americans initiate or get dragged into [fighting] as a response to an escalation by Hezbollah."