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U.S. officials expect Israeli response to Iran strikes will be limited
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The U.S. assessment is based on conversations between U.S. and Israeli officials that happened before Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night.
President Joe Biden and other leaders have called for restraint after Israel vowed it would respond to Iran’s attack Saturday, which was in retaliation for an Israeli strike April 1 on an Iranian consular building in Syria, which killed two of Tehran’s top generals.
Because the Iranian attack did not result in Israeli deaths or widespread destruction, the U.S. officials said, Israel could respond with one of its less aggressive options — strikes outside Iran.
They do expect Israel to share information about the actions with Washington in advance, specifically if it could have negative repercussions for Americans in the region.
But in a call Saturday, President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. would not participate in offensive operations against Iran, a senior administration official has said.
“I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Sunday at a meeting of the Security Council.
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