President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its unprecedented and largely unsuccessful aerial attack on Israel and to prevent a wider regional escalation.
After their videoconference, the leaders issued a joint statement 바카라unequivocally condemning in the strongest terms" the direct attack by Iran while expressing 바카라our full solidarity and support to Israel바카라 and reaffirming 바카라our commitment towards its security바카라.
The G7 바카라 made up of the US, Italy, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Canada -- also said that Iran, 바카라with its actions, has further stepped toward the destabilisation of the region and risks provoking an uncontrollable regional escalation바카라.
They said their nations 바카라stand ready to take further measures now and in response to further destabilising initiatives바카라.
The United States assisted Israel in shooting down dozens of drones and missiles fired by Tehran in what was the first time that Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel. Israeli authorities said 99 per cent of the inbound weapons were shot down without causing any significant damage.
바카라At my direction, to support the defence of Israel, the US military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week,바카라 Biden said in a statement late Saturday. 바카라Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles.바카라
Biden, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that night, urged that Israel claim victory for its defense prowess as the president aimed to dissuade America's closest Mideast ally from a larger retaliatory strike against Iran.
Biden, according to a senior administration official, told Netanyahu that the US would not participate in any offensive action against Iran. The official was not authorised to publicly discuss the private conversation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
바카라I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks -바카라 sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,바카라 Biden said in his statement.
Biden had a call Sunday with Jordan's King Abdullah II in which the king said that any 바카라escalatory measures바카라 by Israel would lead to a broader conflict in the region, according to the Royal Court. There was no immediate White House summary of the call.
The G7 meeting, Biden said, was intended 바카라to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran's brazen attack바카라.
The effort to encourage Israel to show restraint mirrored ongoing American efforts to curtail Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, which is now in its seventh month, and to do more to protect civilian lives in the territory.
The US and Israel had been bracing for an attack for days after Iran said it would retaliate for a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people, including two senior Iranian generals in the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticised White House for 바카라leaking it to the press바카라 that Biden told Netanyahu to take the win and not retaliate.
Rubio told CNN's 바카라State of the Union바카라 that it wast 바카라part of the White House's efforts to appease바카라 people calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
