Israel today threatened airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for a 350-missile blitz amid fears the conflict will spiral into all-out war in the Middle East.
Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure to contain the crisis, with defense experts claiming the president has allowed the conflict in Gaza to spread and that the expanding battle lines risk pulling in allies including the US.
Donald Trump last night accused Biden of ‘weakness and incompetence’ as he railed against his election rival for failing to address the American public following the attack by Tehran, its first ever direct assault on Israel.
IDF spokesman Peter Lerner on Monday morning confirmed that there would be retaliation from Israel, stating that this could involve “a strike or no strike.”
He explained that military top brass had submitted “a wide range of options” and that there are “a lot of different scenarios” on the table.
The Israeli government will “decide on the steps forward” as early as today or within the coming days, Lerner told reporters.
Israel says it intercepted 99 percent of the hundreds of missiles and drones fired by Iran.
“Just because we were successful in intercepting, we shouldn’t underestimate what Iran did,” Lerner said. “We can’t take that lightly.”
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