United States President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is talking with Israel about the possibility of a attack Iranian oil facilitiesin retaliation for the attack that Tehran launched this Tuesday with nearly 200 missiles on Israeli territory.
Biden made the remarks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, before boarding the Marine One helicopter to travel to Florida and Georgia to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Amid the noise of the helicopter’s propellers, a reporter asked him: “Do you support Israel in attacking Iranian oil facilities?” », to which the president replied: “We are discussing it”. In response to questions from another reporter, Biden asserted that Israel would not take any retaliatory action today and made clear that the United States is not “allowing” Israel to do anything, but is limit themselves to giving advice to their greatest ally in the world. Middle East and of which it is the largest supplier of arms.
“First of all, we are not ‘allowing’ anything to Israel. We are advising Israel. And nothing will happen today,” he stressed. The president told reporters on Wednesday that he would not support an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on Israeli territory.
Iran’s attacks on Israel were the first since April, when Iran attacked two Israeli air bases in the Negev with missiles and drones and reached points in the occupied Golan Heights, although Israel , the United States or the Arab countries on which they flew They managed to intercept most of the projectiles.
Tuesday’s offensive came amid growing tensions in the region after Israel announced on Monday that it was sending troops to southern Lebanon to dismantle the infrastructure of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, after more than a week of intense bombardment by the Israelis against southern and eastern Lebanon. the country. These Israeli bombings have already left nearly 2,000 dead and a million displaced, according to the Lebanese authorities.
