President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US wouldn’t join Israel in any offensive action against Iran, multiple media outlets have reported.
US officials are touting Israel’s defense of Iran’s attack as a victory, and that’s the message Biden conveyed to Netanyahu, a sign the US doesn’t want the situation to escalate. Iran fired over 300 missiles and drones at Israel, which was a response to Israel’s bombing of Iran’s consulate in Damascus on April 1.
“Israel really came out far ahead in this exchange. It took out the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp] leadership in the Levant, Iran tried to respond, and Israel clearly demonstrated its military superiority, defeating this attack, particularly in coordination with its partners,” a senior Biden administration official told reporters, according to The Times of Israel.
In a statement on the attack released by the White House, Biden said he would convene with other G7 leaders to “coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack.” Antiwar.com — Continue…
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Context: “Iran vowed retaliation against Israel for its airstrike on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus on on April 1, which killed 16 people including seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
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3/14. U.S. National Security analyst Hal kempfer said on Fox Live today that the Iranian attack Sunday was apparently ineffective, and that Iran has no real navy and no air force so they threw what they could at Israel to relatively little effect, and no loss of life. The United States and Britain helped Israel to shoot down the Iranian drones and Missiles. He says Israel made it clear at the UN that it is not closing the door to a response, but that considering that the UN Security Council will not authorize such a response it is unclear, especially with the United States urging restraint, if they will. If Israel does respond it will certainly target the drones and missiles Iran launched at them. As for China and Russia, he says each is clearly watching all of this with great concern, but since the last 24 hours came to little more than an alarming Iranian display it is not likely they will openly respond at present.
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