US intelligence officials say fears are rising over potential attacks by Hezbollah on American interests in the Middle East, according to a news report by Politico.

Quoting four unnamed US officials, Politico reported rising tensions from Israel’s war on Gaza and confrontations with Hezbollah in Lebanon have US security agencies concerned. Two American officials said Hezbollah “could be considering attacks on both US troops or diplomatic personnel overseas”.

One analyst highlighted that Iran-backed groups are already hitting US targets with regularity.

“The Lebanon front is ready to kick off and these Iranian militia are pounding the US in eastern Syria and Iraq,” Politico quoted Andrew Tabler, a former State Department official, as saying.

“It’s interesting that this is all going on in the background and people are focusing on the Gaza theatre, but the war is actually much larger than that.”