LAGOS,Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- US President Joe Biden said US forces helped Israel shoot down nearly all the drones and missiles fired by Iran on Saturday, April 13.
Biden revealed that he was conveying fellow G7 leaders on Sunday for diplomatic response on Iran, aiming to prevent military escalation and regional conflict.
He said he had ordered US military aircraft and ballistic missile defence destroyers to the Middle East in recent days, as the likely threat following a presumed Israeli strike on Iranians in Damascus became clear.
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“Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles,” Biden said.
The US president said he had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm Washington’s “ironclad” support for Israel, after recent tense relations over Israel’s war in Gaza.
“I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks — sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,” he said.