Israel-Iran latest: Biden says US won’t back strike on Iran’s nuclear sites as Israeli military vows response
Comes day after Iran fired around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to Lebanon invasion
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US President Joe Biden has said 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 on Wednesday when asked if he would support such retaliation after Iran fired around 200 missiles at Israel the previous day in response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon.
Earlier, Israel’s military chief vowed revenge. “We will respond,” said the Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi.
He also warned: “We have the capability to reach and strike every location in the Middle East and those of our enemies who have not yet understood this, will understand this soon.”
It comes as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said eight Israeli soldiers – ranging in age from 21 to 23 – were killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah said it had clashed with Israeli troops in the border town of Maroun el-Ras after pushing back forces near another border town, warning that these battles were only “the first round”.
The Israeli military, meanwhile, said it has destroyed over 150 elements of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure. Israel also renewed its bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday.
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British father in Israel films wave of Iran missiles filling sky
Footage taken from the ground in Israel shows explosions over Kibbutz Hatzerim after Iran launched missiles into the country on Tuesday, 1 October. Simon King, a 60-year-old British-Israeli father living in the Kibbutz near Be’eri, described seeing “orangey-white” explosions across the sky before finding shelter in his safe room with his children. Tehran fired around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening following an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Explosions caused by Israel’s iron dome air defence system intercepting Iranian missiles lit up the night skies above Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
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