The President of the United States, Joe Biden has asserted that it was US forces who helped take down “nearly all” the drones and missiles fired by Iran at Israel, adding that he had reaffirmed his “ironclad” support to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a statement that was obtained by Africa Today News, New York Biden added that he would convene his fellow leaders of the G7 group of wealthy nations on Sunday to coordinate a “united diplomatic response” to Iran’s “brazen” attack.
“Iran — and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq — launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms,” Biden said.
He said he had ordered US military aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the Middle East in recent days as the likely Iranian threat to the key US ally became clear.
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“Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles,” Biden said.
Biden added that he had spoken to Netanyahu to “reaffirm America’s ironclad commitment” to Israel’s security.
“I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks — sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,” he said.
No US forces or facilities had come under attack from Iran, he said.
Meanwhile, Iran’s mission to the United Nations has released a statement on the attack against Israel.
Iran’s mission, which defended the attack, said it was in response to Israel’s aggression against its diplomatic premises.
“Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus,” Iran’s mission to the UN has said in a post on X.
“The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe.
“The post goes on to say that the conflict is between Iran and Israel – and the US “must stay away”.
It pointed to Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defence.
“Should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be more severe,” it added.
“It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY.”