2024-04-14 14:08:18
Israel’s military cabinet will meet to discuss a response to Iran’s strike, the option of a retaliatory strike was canceled after a conversation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. As Day.Az reports, The New York Times reports this.
Israel’s war cabinet will meet this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the Iranian attack, two Israeli officials said.
“They said that one possible response, a retaliatory strike that some cabinet members had proposed, was called off after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with President Biden on Saturday and because the strikes were relatively small. minor damage,” the publication notes.
The officials did not specify the content of the conversation between the leaders.
As REX notes, President Biden and his team, “hoping to avoid further escalation leading to a broader war in the Middle East,” are telling Israel that its successful defense against Iranian airstrikes represents a “major strategic victory,” the article states.