US President Joe Biden said last night (Friday) that his message to Iran amid the fear of its attack on Israel in the coming days is – “Don’t”. “We are committed to the defense of Israel, we will support Israel, we will help defend Israel – Iran will not succeed,” said Biden, adding that he expects Iran to attack “sooner rather than later.”
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Chief of Staff Halevi and the commander of the US Army’s Central Command Kurila during a joint situation assessment, yesterday Photo: IDF spokesperson
Chief of Staff Halevi and the commander of the Central Command of the US Army Kurila during a joint situation assessment, yesterday Photo: IDF spokesperson
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The spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House, John Kirby, said yesterday that the US is reviewing the deployment of its forces in the Middle East in light of the fear of an imminent Iranian attack. Kirby added that the fear of such an attack is real, this is in response to the assassination of a senior Revolutionary Guards officer, attributed to Israel, near the Iranian embassy in Damascus About two weeks ago. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Israel is preparing for an Iranian attack in the next 48 hours, and CBS reported that this attack may include launching more than 100 drones and dozens of missiles at military targets in the country.
The Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff met yesterday with the Commander of the US Army’s Central Command, who is visiting Israel amid the tensions. “Our enemies are trying to split Israel and the US – but they are achieving the opposite and causing the relationship to strengthen,” Defense Minister Yoav Galant told General Michael Korilla. Two senior American officials told CNN that their country will try to intercept launches to Israel as much as it can, and that senior American officials urged Israel In several talks not to escalate the situation in response to the expected Iranian attack.
In the meantime, the IDF announced last night that it had intercepted two Hizbullah attack drones that had infiltrated Israel. Earlier, the army announced that it detected 40 rockets fired from Lebanon into the Galilee, and that some of them were intercepted and some fell in open areas, without casualties.
Due to the fear of escalation in the region, a number of Western countries issued travel warnings to Israel and Iran yesterday. France, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and Poland warned their citizens not to travel to Israel at this time. Germany called on its citizens staying in Iran to leave the country, and France issued a similar call to the families of its diplomats in Tehran. The US Embassy in Israel warned its employees and their families on Thursday not to go on personal trips outside the borders of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and the center, Jerusalem and Be’er Sheva.