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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: Joe Biden has implored Israel to forego strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in retribution for Tehran's missile attack on the Jewish state earlier this week amid fears of all-out war in the Middle East. US President Joe Biden has implored Israel to forego strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in retribution for Tehran's missile attack on the Jewish state earlier this week amid fears of all-out war in the Middle East. Speaking after a conference call between G7 leaders yesterday evening, Biden said the US supported Israel's right to defend itself from Iranian aggression but declared 'the answer is no' when it came to the prospect of targeting Iran's nuclear programme. He said all G7 countries - the United States, Canada, Britain, Italy, France, Germany and Japan - agreed that Israel 'has a right to respond... but they should respond proportionally', adding the US would impose more sanctions to further target Iran's ailing economy. But Israel and Iran appear to be headed for a bigger collision after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Tehran pay for Tuesday's attack in which some 180 ballistic missiles rained down over Israel. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett openly called on Israel's military to destroy Iran's nuclear programme, while IDF chief Herzi Halevi declared: 'We will respond. We can locate important targets and we can hit them precisely and powerfully. 'We have the capability to reach and strike every location in the Middle East and those of our enemies who have not yet understood this, will understand this soon.' Iran said after the attack that it considers the matter 'concluded' and urged the United Nations Security Council to intervene to prevent further warfare in the Middle East. But Tehran later promised that any large-scale retaliation from Israel would be met with severe consequences. As Israel plots its retaliation on Iran, the IDF continued its operations in Lebanon and Gaza, launching a crushing bombing raid on the heart of Beirut overnight that left at least six dead and buildings close to Lebanon's Parliament ablaze. The strike on the central district of Bachoura came as Israel's air force pounded the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, home to Hezbollah's headquarters where leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed last week. That area was battered by more than a dozen airstrikes and three missiles, witnesses claimed. The punishing bombardment was conducted just hours after the IDF confirmed eight of its soldiers were slain by Hezbollah militants amid a brutal ambush close to the border in southern Lebanon yesterday. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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