As Israel considers a military response to this week’s Iranian missile attack, President Joe Biden is telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government not to target the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The U.S. will ‘not support’ possible Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear weapons sites, President Biden told reporters Wednesday.
Iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night. The aerial attack comes as Tehran — under the Biden administration’s watch — rushes towards acquiring a nuclear weapon and possesses several nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.
Since October 7, the Biden administration has been disrupting Israel’s ability to target Iran and its terrorist proxies. When Iran in April fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, Biden refused to back an Israeli counter-strike, telling Prime Minister Netanyahu to “take the win,” referring to Israel’s ability to intercept almost all of the incoming projectiles. The Biden administration reportedly withheld weapons shipments to Israel, impacting the IDF’s Gaza operation and the planned offensive against Hamas’s stronghold of Rafah.
The Associated Press reported Biden’s remarks:
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not support an Israeli strike on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel.“The answer is no,” Biden told reporters when asked if he would support such retaliation after Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday.Biden’s comments came after he and fellow Group of Seven leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom spoke by telephone about coordinating new sanctions against Iran.
By unleashing a barrage of ballistic missiles, Iran has once again declared its well-stated intention to destroy the Jewish State. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government should respond to the latest Iranian aggression by taking out Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Pr0fessor William A. Jacobson commented in his Tuesday’s Legal Insurrection vlog.
“Imagine if these missiles had nuclear weapons on them—only 10 minutes flying time from Tehran. This is an opportunity for Israel to take out the Iranian nuclear program,” Pr0fessor Jacobson said.
“Whether [Israelis] will do it, I don’t know. Perhaps by the time you listen to this, we will know. But the situation is never going to be better for Israel to end the existential threat by the death cult who chants “Death to Israel” as their organizing political slogan,” he added.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated hundreds of Hezbollah terrorist fighters and dozens of commanders since the ground operations in southern Lebanon began Monday night. “The Israeli military eliminated 250 Hezbollah terrorists including 21 commanders in four days of ground combat,” Israel’s i24NEWS TV reported Friday citing IDF figures.
The Israeli raids “based on precise intelligence, have been targeting compounds concealed within civilian villages,” the IDF said in a statement Friday. The IDF “forces have been eliminating terrorists from the air and at close range in southern Lebanon,” the military added.
The advancing Israeli ground troops discovered heavy weaponry left behind by Hezbollah terrorists in residential areas. The military disclosed that “over the past 24 hours, the troops discovered rocket launcher munitions, anti-tank missiles, and rockets – inside a residential home.”
The discovery shows how deeply Hezbollah embedded itself in Lebanese civilian areas along the Israeli border. “The troops also located and confiscated dozens of weapons left behind in buildings and civilian homes in southern Lebanon,” the military disclosed. “The weapons located include rocket launchers aimed at Israeli territory, anti-tank missiles, firearms, observation posts, and an explosive device buried by the enemy in the area.”
A day after Israel targeted Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s likely replacement, Hashem Safieddine, in a Beirut airstrike, IDF fighter jets continued the hunt for the top leadership of the Iran-backed terrorist group.
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