2024-02-01T08:02:41+00:00
A-
A
A+
/ ABC News, citing an American official, revealed details related to Washington’s response to the attack that killed 3 members of the American army in Jordan.
The response “will take place over several days” and hit “multiple targets,” a US official told the network, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
In his statement to ABC News, the American official said that “the multiple targets will be studied on the facilities that enabled these attacks” on American forces.
The official did not say whether any of the targets were inside or outside Iran.
On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden pledged a response that would likely take “several” forms, while saying he held Iran “responsible” for supplying weapons to the people who launched the attack, which targeted a US logistics base in Jordan, on Sunday.
Asked if Iran was responsible, Biden said: “I hold them responsible, in the sense that they are supplying weapons to the people who did it.”
For its part, Iran denied any connection to the attack, and also denied US accusations that it supported the groups that launched the attack near the Iraqi-Syrian border.
On Sunday, three members of the US military were killed in a drone attack targeting a base in Jordan near the Syrian border, and Washington accused Iranian-backed factions of being behind it.
This is the first time that American soldiers have been killed in the Middle East, since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
The strike came after more than 150 drone and missile attacks by pro-Iranian groups on US forces in Iraq and Syria.
Most of these attacks were claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”, which is made up of factions supported by Iran, and which announces the move in support of the Palestinians and demands the departure of American forces from Iraq.
Retired US Army General Robert Abrams said US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees forces in the region, will try to present President Biden with several military strike options.
“Biden needs to send a message, but he also doesn’t want to escalate tensions,” Abrams told ABC News. “That’s the difficult conversation that’s going on right now between the Pentagon, U.S. Central Command and the White House.”