Do not get involved in Israel crisis, top U.S. general warns Iran.

As the Lebanese military group Hezbollah launched a volley of missiles toward northern Israel on Monday, the top general of the United States advised Iran not to get involved in the issue in Israel and stated that he did not want the conflict to grow.

Although the United States has no intelligence or proof indicating that Iran directly took part in assaults in Israel by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, the White House claimed earlier on Monday that Iran was implicated.

General Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded, “Not to get involved,” when asked what his message to Iran was.

At least three Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli shelling on Lebanon on Monday. At the same time, Israel said one of its officers was killed in a previous cross-border incursion that Palestinians in Lebanon claimed to have carried out.

The cross-border violence significantly extended a war between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Israeli-Lebanese border farther north.

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah engaged in a devastating month-long conflict in 2006.

“We want to convey a very clear message. In his first public remarks since being appointed to the position last month, Brown told a small group of reporters flying with him to Brussels, “We do not want this to widen, and the aim is for Iran to understand that message loud and clear.

To aid Israel in responding to a rare weekend attack by Hamas, the U.S. military is “surging” new supplies of air defenses, ammunition, and other security support to that country.

The Pentagon said on Sunday that it will be moving a strike group of aircraft carriers closer to Israel.

“It strongly conveys its support for Israel. But it’s also to prevent this specific disagreement from becoming more widespread, Brown added.

He contrasted the behavior of Hamas to that of ISIS fighters. Brown directed coalition air operations against the Islamic State while serving as the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, which coordinates military operations in the Middle East.