 "US President Joe Biden. Reuters")
President Joe Biden said Saturday that US troops helped destroy “nearly all” of Iran’s drones and missiles fired at Israel, and he reaffirmed his “ironclad” support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Biden said in a statement that he will meet with his other leaders of the G7 group of affluent nations on Sunday to organise an “united diplomatic response” to Iran’s “brazen” action.
“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.
“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.