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Biden and Netanyahu Engage in High-Level Talks Amid Tensions Over Potential Israeli Strike Against Iran

Biden and Netanyahu Engage in High-Level Talks Amid Tensions Over Potential Israeli Strike Against Iran

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US President Joe Biden held a 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discussing Israel's response to Iran's recent missile attack, which fired 181 ballistic missiles at Israel. The call also included US Vice-President Kamala Harris. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that Israel's retaliatory attack would be "lethal, precise and surprising", with the goal of catching Iran off guard. Iran has vowed to respond to any further strike by Israel.

White House
1. The president affirmed Israel's right to protect its citizens from Hezbollah, which has fired thousands of missiles and rockets into Israel over the past year alone, while emphasizing the need to minimize harm to civilians, in particular in the densely populated areas of Beirut.
2. The president affirmed his ironclad commitment to Israel's security.
3. This morning, President Biden spoke with prime minister Netanyahu of Israel. Vice president Harris also joined the call.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Government
1. Whoever attacks us will be hurt and will pay a price. Our attack will be deadly, precise and above all surprising, they will not understand what happened and how it happened, they will see the results.
2. Every day, you see a regime that subjugates you, make fiery speeches about defending Lebanon, defending Gaza. Yet every day, that regime plunges our region deeper into darkness and deeper into war.
Joe Biden
Democratic Party
1. The Israelis have not concluded what they are going to do. That's under discussion.
2. If I were in their shoes, I would be thinking about other alternatives than striking Iranian oilfields.
3. No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None. None. None. And I think Bibi should remember that.
Abbas Araqchi
Iranian Foreign Ministry
1. I hope that these consultations can lead to better conditions for Palestine and Lebanon and establish peace in the region.
Yoav Galant
Israeli Defense Ministry
1. The entire chain of command is in line and focused around this issue.
2. They will not understand what happened and how it happened, they will see the results.
Philippe Lazzarini
UN Relief and Works Agency
1. We soon have exhausted all our vocabulary to try to describe what has become a wasteland … an unlivable area.
Amar Bendjama
Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1. It symbolizes the Palestinian refugees and their inviolable rights. We reiterate that the rights of Palestinian refugees are not subject to statutes of limitation.
Matthew Miller
US State Department
1. I'm making very clear that there should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves a result anything like Gaza.
2. We have been making clear to the government of Israel that they have an obligation under international humanitarian law to allow food and water and other needed humanitarian assistance to make it into all parts of Gaza, and we fully expect them to comply with those obligations.
3. We are incredibly concerned about the humanitarian situation in all of Gaza, and particularly concerned about the humanitarian situation in north Gaza, and I can tell you, it has been the subject of some very urgent discussions between our two governments.

Biden and Netanyahu Engage in High-Level Talks Amid Tensions Over Potential Israeli Strike Against Iran

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