Washington:
President Joe Biden has ordered the US army to “assist Israel’s protection” and shoot down any and all Iranian missiles focusing on Israel, the White Home mentioned.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee in subsequent month’s US presidential election, are each monitoring Iran’s assault on Israel from the White Home scenario room, it mentioned.
“President Biden directed the US army to assist Israel’s protection towards Iranian assaults and shoot down missiles which can be focusing on Israel,” the White Home mentioned in an announcement.
A name that Joe Biden had scheduled with rabbis immediately forward of the Jewish excessive vacation season – which begins later this week with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new yr – had been postponed to a different day, a White Home official mentioned.
The US and different western allies additionally stepped in to assist defend Israel towards a mixed Iranian missile and drone assault in April, which Tehran launched in retaliation for an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
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