The US discussed with Israel the possibility of attacking Iranian oil and gas facilities

When US President Joe Biden on October 3 prepared to board the Marine One helicopter on the south lawn of the White House, reporters asked whether he supported Israel attacking Iran’s oil and gas facilities.

“We are discussing that. I think we somewhat agree,” Mr. Biden replied, adding that Israel will be the final party to decide on how to respond to the large-scale missile attack. of Iran.

“First of all, it should be said that America is not the party that allows Israel to do something, but only gives advice to them. And nothing will happen today. We will mention that later.” , said the US President.

Israeli media previously reported that the country’s military was “determined to respond strongly” to Iran, including a plan to attack oil facilities, but had not yet agreed on the scope and time of action. This issue is being discussed closely between Washington and Tel Aviv.

Channel 12 reported that a “drastic response” from Israel would take place “in the next few days”, adding that many options were being considered.

When asked why he did not communicate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days, Mr. Biden replied: “Because there is no action happening right now.” The US President added that he does not believe that a full-scale conflict will occur, but can find ways to avoid that scenario.

“There is still much work to be done. We will support Israel,” the White House boss said.

The moment a series of Iranian missiles passed through Jordan into Israel

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh also refused to predict how Israel will specifically respond to Iran and affirmed that Washington will continue to coordinate with Tel Aviv on this issue.

An anonymous US official said the country did not believe that Israel had agreed on how to retaliate for the attack on Iran, including possibly targeting oil and gas facilities.

“As the President said, we continue to discuss with Israel how they will respond. We understand that they are still considering how to act,” the source said.

Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at three Israeli military bases on the night of October 1, claiming 90% of the bullets “hit the target”. Meanwhile, Israel said that the air defense system had intercepted most of the missiles, only a few individual bullets had passed through the air defense net and fell on targets in the central and southern parts of the country, but caused no damage. big.

The Israeli Prime Minister announced that Iran had “made a big mistake” and that Tel Aviv would respond, raising concerns about the risk of the Israel-Iran conflict breaking out into a full-scale war in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Iran affirmed that it “does not seek war”, but will resolutely defend itself against all threats, adding that the missile attack on Israel “is just the tip of the iceberg”.