Washington:
President Joe Biden has ordered the US military to “support Israel's defense” and shoot down all Iranian missiles aimed at Israel, the White House said.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate in next month's US presidential election, are both monitoring Iran's attack on Israel from the White House situation room, the report said.
“President Biden has directed the U.S. military to support Israel's defense against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles aimed at Israel,” the White House said in a statement.
A call that Joe Biden had scheduled today with rabbis ahead of the Jewish High Holiday season — which begins later this week with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year — had been postponed until another day, a White House official said.
The United States and other Western allies also intervened to help defend Israel against a combined Iranian missile and drone attack in April, which Tehran launched in retaliation for an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
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