‘Commitment to Israel’s security is ironclad’: US President Joe Biden meets security team for update on Iran’s attacks
AP that the effort to intercept the Iran-launched attack was continuing as US forces shot down some drones flying toward Israel. Meanwhile, the US along with its allies has warned Iran against escalating the conflict further.
The US President “convened a principals meeting of the National Security Council in the White House Situation Room to discuss the unfolding situation," AP quoted the White House statement. Iran claimed that this attack was in retaliation to the suspected Israeli strike this month that killed 12 people.
Iran further claimed that this attack on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed two senior Iranian generals in the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was a result of joint efforts by US and Israeli forces. “Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel," AP quoted National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson's statement.
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