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Liz Wolfe | 10.3.2024 9:34 AM

Joe Biden's Iran approach: Last night, the Israeli military struck about 200 targets in and around Beirut, including at least one medical building. This was following Tuesday's attack on Israel from Iran, via almost 200 ballistic missiles; Hezbollah, the terrorist group Israel is fighting in Lebanon, is backed by Iran. It remains to be seen what type of response Israel will go with when fighting Iran directly, but in the meantime, the military seems intent on continuing its campaign in Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added yesterday that Israel is engaged in "a tough war against Iran's axis of evil."

President Joe Biden's response to all of this was to publicly signal that he would not support Israel if they decided to strike Iran's nuclear weapons development sites.

Back in April, when Iran and Israel exchanged missile strikes that were largely symbolic, Israel chose to strike near Isfahan, in northern Iran, close to Iran's nuclear facilities. This time around, top Israeli officials are signaling that they're considering a similar approach, though possibly more drastic.

"Israel may respond to Iran's major Tuesday ballistic missile attack by striking strategic infrastructure, such as gas or oil rigs, or by directly targeting Iran's nuclear sites, media reports said on Wednesday, citing Israeli officials,"........

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