The White House does not believe Israel has decided how to respond to Iran’s unprecedented missile attack, a senior US official told Reuters. CNN .
Top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration and their Israeli counterparts have been in constant contact in recent days and weeks as they prepare for a potential Iranian attack in retaliation for strikes on key Hamas and Hezbollah targets.
Nearly 12 hours after the attack materialized, U.S. counterparts had still not received detailed, decisive information about what to expect.
“At some point, they will have to come to us with more details,” the official said, noting that the US has not made any proactive specifications about how Israel should respond.
After the U.S. helped Israel intercept hundreds of drones and missiles fired by Iran in April, President Biden called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “assume victory,” the news agency reported. CNN at the time.
Israel pursued a more limited response against Tehran several days after the initial bombing, although the senior US official acknowledged that this week’s attack – given the types of weapons used, with little warning, aimed at military and intelligence targets – was in a “much larger scale”.
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