US President Joe Biden will return to Washington on Saturday afternoon to seek the advice of together with his nationwide safety workforce a day after saying that he expects an Iranian assault in opposition to Israel “sooner, somewhat than later.”
Biden minimize his weekend journey to Delaware brief, the White Home mentioned Saturday, to debate occasions within the Center East.
Tehran has vowed to retaliate for an alleged Israeli assault on Iran‘s embassy compound final week in Damascus that killed a senior commander within the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ abroad Quds Power and 6 different officers.
As Biden ready to return to Washington, Israel put its army on full alert and canceled all instructional and different youth actions.
US help for Israel
Earlier on Saturday, US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant to debate “pressing regional threats,” the Pentagon mentioned, and reiterated full US help for Israel in opposition to assaults by Iran and its proxies.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, relayed an analogous message of US help to his personal Israeli counterpart, Tzachi Hanegbi, he mentioned in a submit on X.
On Friday, Biden warned Iran in opposition to retaliation even whereas predicting the assault could also be imminent. “We’re dedicated to the protection of Israel. We’ll help Israel. We’ll assist defend Israel and Iran won’t succeed,” he mentioned.
