WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its attack on Isreal, and to prevent escalation.
U.S. assisted Israel in thwarting drones and missiles fired by Iran.
“At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week,” Biden said late Saturday. “Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our service members, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles.”
The G7 meeting, Biden said, is intended “to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack.”
Biden, in a call late Saturday with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urged Israel to claim victory for its defense prowess and dissuade its ally from a retaliatory strike against Iran.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio criticized the White House for “leaking it to the press” that Biden told Netanyahu to take the win and not retaliate.
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