The President also reaffirmed America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel.
US President Joe Biden meeting members of his national security team over the missile attacks on Israel from Iran on April 13.
The president said he reiterated the ironclad US support for Israel’s security in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has had strained relations over Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza. “Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles,” he said.
He met officials in the White House Situation Room, a crisis management centre deep within the West Wing, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns, Director of National Intelligence Avril Hines, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other officials, the White House said.
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