I also hear people saying "Israel needs to be careful not to escalate." Hamas/Hezbollah/Yemen/Iran already have max hatred for Israel. If there was anything they could do, they would have tried already.

If Iran had the ability to launch enough rockets in 15 minutes to overwhelm Israel's defenses, they would have done it already. If Hezbollah thought they could invade Israel and win, they would have done it already. The only side that's been holding back so far is Israel, mostly due to pressure from the US and Europe.

It's almost like the US telling Israel to not do something is just an indication of what they should do next.

US says "Don't invade Rafah and the Philadelphi corridor." Israel does it, discovers a ton of smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza. Conclusion: Israel did the right thing.

US says "Don't escalate with Hezbollah." Israel nearly wipes out Hezbollah's leadership and destroys a significant amount of their weapons stockpiles.

US complains: "Why didn't you tell us before you blew up the pagers? Why didn't you tell us before killing Nasrallah?" Duh, the US would have leaked it to them if Israel told the US.

US says "Don't escalate with Iran." Conclusion: Escalating with Iran must be a good idea. Otherwise, the US wouldn't be trying to stop it.

The US government is like a backwards oracle. Whatever they tell Israel to not do, Israel should definitely do it.