US President Joe Biden said this Thursday (3) that he has been talking to Israel about the possibility of attacking Iran’s oil installations, in retaliation for the attack that Tehran carried out on Tuesday with almost 200 missiles against the territory. Israeli.
The Democrat made the remarks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding a helicopter to visit Florida and Georgia to inspect the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Amid the noise of helicopter blades, a journalist asked: “Will you support Israel’s attack on Iran’s oil installations?”, to which he replied: “We are discussing it.”
In response to questions from another press professional, Biden stated that Israel is not taking any retaliatory measures today and made it clear that it is not that the US does not “allow” Israel to do anything, but that it is just giving advice to what is its greatest ally in the Middle East and whose largest arms supplier.
The American president previously stated that he would not support an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Tehran’s strikes against Israel were the first since April, when it attacked two Israeli air bases in the Negev Desert with missiles and drones and hit points in the Golan Heights, although Israel, the US and the Arab countries they flew over were successful. intercept most projectiles.
Tuesday’s offensive came amid rising tensions in the region after Israel announced on Monday that it was sending troops to southern Lebanon to dismantle the infrastructure of the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, following more than a week of Heavy Israeli bombings in southern and eastern Lebanon.
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