WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday (Oct 9) amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be "lethal, precise and surprising.
This combination image shows, from left; President Joe Biden, on Mar 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct 28, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be"lethal, precise and surprising.
Netanyahu has promised that arch-foe Iran will pay for its missile attack, while Tehran has said any retaliation would be met with vast destruction, raising fears of a wider war in the oil-producing region which could draw in the United States. Relations between Biden and Netanyahu have been tense and strained over the Israeli leader’s handling of the war in Gaza and the conflict with Hezbollah. Israel has said it will pursue its military operations until Israelis are safe.In War, a book out next week, journalist Bob Woodward reports that Biden regularly accused Netanyahu of having no strategy, and shouted"Bibi, what the fuck?" at him in July, after Israeli strikes near Beirut and in Iran.
"And as we stated earlier, Israel will retaliate for the attack ... We will choose the locations. It will be painful for the Iranian regime," Danon said. Tensions have increased in recent weeks as US officials were repeatedly blindsided by Israeli actions, according to a person familiar with the matter. These includedBiden said last Friday he would think about alternatives to striking Iranian oil fields if he were in Israel's shoes, adding he thought Israel had not concluded how to respond to Iran. Last week, he also said he would not support Israel striking Iranian nuclear sites.
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