Loud blast heard in southern Israel after Iran missile attack

“Iran has the right to defend itself, and the peoples of the region and the free people of the world have the right to stand with the great leader and with Iran in one trench.” Hezbollah leader Sheikh Qassem said in a statement on Thursday.

"We in Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance are not neutral between Iran's legitimate rights and independence and the falsehood of America and its aggression, and with it the cancerous tumor of Israel and the arrogant powers."

Iran-backed Hezbollah has stayed out of the clash between its patron Iran and nemesis Israel after a conflict with the Jewish State last year left the group battered and its charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah dead.

The Israeli military says it has identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of Israel.

"Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the IDF said.

Dozens of US military aircraft have been removed from the tarmac at a key American base in Qatar, possibly as a precaution against potential Iranian airstrikes, AFP reported citing satellite images, as Washington considers whether to get involved in Iran’s conflict with Israel.

Street placards depicting slain senior military commanders and a public funeral mourning personnel killed in air attacks marked the increasingly visible toll of an Israeli military campaign.

Satellite images from before and after Israel's attack on the Arak heavy water facility, provided by Maxar Technologies, show that the unfinished facility has sustained damage.

No further details have yet been released about the extent of the damage.