{"id":24109,"date":"2024-04-11T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/pentagon-official-heads-to-israel-amid-fears-of-iranian-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:07:22","slug":"pentagon-official-heads-to-israel-amid-fears-of-iranian-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/pentagon-official-heads-to-israel-amid-fears-of-iranian-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Official Heads to Israel Amid Fears of Iranian Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A senior U.S. military commander was traveling to Israel on Thursday, officials said, as fears ran high that Iran would soon launch a strike to avenge the killings of several senior commanders.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for an April 1 strike<\/a> in Syria that killed several senior Iranian commanders. U.S. officials have said they are bracing<\/a> for a possible Iranian response, and Israel has put its military on alert.<\/p>\n

A day after President Biden warned that Iran was threatening a \u201csignificant\u201d attack, Defense Department officials said that the top American military commander for the Middle East, Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, was traveling to Israel. He will coordinate with Israel on what is expected to be imminent retaliatory action by Iran, as well as discuss the war in Gaza, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. <\/strong>Israel\u2019s military declined to comment on the general\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel was facing \u201cchallenging times\u201d on Thursday, noting that \u201cin the midst of the war in Gaza\u201d his country was \u201calso prepared for scenarios involving challenges in other sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have determined a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them,\u201d he said while visiting an air base<\/a>, using language that in recent days has been used to refer to threats from Iran and its proxies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While President Biden has become increasingly critical of Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s conduct of the war in Gaza \u2014 threatening to withhold U.S. assistance unless Israel does more to protect civilians \u2014 he emphasized on Wednesday that American support for Israel in the face of an Iranian threat was unconditional.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I told Prime Minister Netanyahu, our commitment to Israel\u2019s security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad,\u201d he said at a news conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken also \u201cmade clear that the U.S. will stand with Israel against any threats by Iran and its proxies\u201d when he spoke by phone on Wednesday with Israel\u2019s defense minister, the State Department said.<\/a><\/p>\n

As Iran and Israel have traded fresh threats<\/a> in recent days, diplomats have been trying to reduce tensions and avert a wider regional war.<\/p>\n

The foreign minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, spoke to her Iranian counterpart \u201cabout the tense situation\u201d in the Middle East on Thursday, according to her office.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvoiding further regional escalation must be in everyone\u2019s interest,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cWe urge all actors in the region to act responsibly and exercise maximum restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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