Joe Biden Affirms Strong Support For Israel After Being Attacked By Iran

US President Joe Biden. (ANTARA/Anadolu)

JAKARTA - The US president reiterated his support for Israel by phone call with Netanyahu amid reports that he was also opposing a counterattack against Iran.

US President Joe Biden condemned Iran's drone attacks on military facilities in Israel, reaffirming Washington DC's "strong" support and coordinated Group Seven (G7) diplomatic response, even as reports began to emerge that he was also trying to deescalate. situation.

Biden shortened his trip to Delaware and returned to the US capital to meet advisers after Saturday's attack, the White House said in a statement.

The statement said US troops and facilities were not affected, adding that the US was assisting Israel in bringing down almost all' of the attack drones and missiles.

The US President also reiterated his "very strong" support for Israel's security in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has strained ties to the way Israel handles the war in Gaza.

"I told him that Israel is showing tremendous capacity to defend against and defeat unprecedented attacks", sending a clear message to its enemies that they cannot effectively threaten Israel's security, the White House quoted Biden as saying.

"Tomorrow, I will gather G7 leaders to coordinate a unified diplomatic response to Iran's impudent attacks," he said.

Iran launched an explosive drone and fired missiles at Israel on Saturday night in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a counter-attack that increases the threat of a wider regional conflict.

Tehran has pledged to retaliate against an Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy complex last week in Damascus that killed a senior commander of the Quds Forces abroad of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and six other officers.