President Biden pledged “ironclad” US support for Israel Wednesday should Iran follow through on its threats to strike the Jewish state – despite calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement an extended cease-fire in the war against Hamas days earlier.
As US officials warn that an Iranian strike on Israel could take place soon, the 81-year-old president said he told Netanyahu that the US would do everything possible to protect its Middle East ally.
“We also want to address the Iranian threat to launch a signif… they’re threatening to launch a significant attack on Israel,” Biden told reporters at the White House during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. “As I told Prime Minister Netanyahu, our commitment to Israel’s security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad — let me say it again, ironclad.”
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