TOKYO: The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on 15 May that the U.S. government would take into account the views of the U.S. government on a plan to retaliate against a missile attack by Iran, but that "the final decision will be made in the national interest."
Iran said on March 1 that it had issued a missile pledge to Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the supreme leader of the Islamic Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Abbas Nilforoushan, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They fired 200 rounds.
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear and oil facilities in a bid to avoid escalating conflict in the Middle East, after Israel announced its intention to retaliate against Iran.The global surge in energy prices was also a concern.
Ahead of the Israeli Prime Minister's office's July 15 statement, the Washington Post reported that an anonymous senior U.S. government official told the White House that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised to limit the target to military installations.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that promises had been made in telephone talks between Biden and Netanyahu last week and in recent days between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The Washington Post reported that Israel's planned attack "brought relief to the U.S. administration."
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