October 11, 2024

Middle East

Axios - President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to an understanding on the scope of Israel's planned retaliation against Iran during their call on Wednesday, U.S. and Israeli officials tell Axios' Barak Ravid.  The Biden administration accepts that Israel will soon launch a major attack on Iran. But it fears that strikes on certain targets could dramatically escalate the regional war.

The current plans are still a bit more aggressive than the White House would like, a senior Israeli official said.

  • However, after the Biden-Netanyahu call, a U.S. official said: "We are moving in the right direction." Another U.S. official said the administration was a little less nervous about Israel's plans after the call.  More

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