Biden Tells Israel He Won’t Support Counterattack
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Iran attacked Israel on Saturday.
Hundreds of missiles were shot at Israel – Israel says they shot down 99% of them.
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the confrontation is not over yet.
The confrontation between Iran and Israel is “not over yet,” Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday, following Tehran’s attack on Israel the previous night.
“The State of Israel was attacked with hundreds of missiles and [unmanned aerial vehicles], and the [Israel Defense Forces] thwarted this attack in an impressive manner,” Gallant said, urging Israelis to remain “alert and attentive to the instructions published by the IDF and Homefront Command.” The defense minister stressed that Israel “must be prepared for every scenario.”
“Together with the United States and additional partners, we managed to defend the territory of the State of Israel,” Gallant continued. “Very little damage was caused – this is the result of the IDF’s impressive operations.”
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“We have determined a clear principle,” Netanyahu continued. “Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We will defend ourselves against any threat and will do so level-headedly and with determination.”
Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would not support a counterattack on Iran.
Biden reportedly told Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win.”
President Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won’t support any Israeli counterattack against Iran, a senior White House official told Axios.
Why it matters: Biden and his senior advisers are highly concerned an Israeli response to Iran’s attack on Israel would lead to a regional war with catastrophic consequences, U.S. officials said.
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“You got a win. Take the win,” Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official.
The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood.
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