Biden says he expects Iranian strike on Israel ‘sooner than later’

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Biden says he expects Iranian strike on ******* ‘sooner than later’

US President Joe Biden makes a virtual address to the National Action Network Convention, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2024. 

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President Joe Biden said Friday that he expects 

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 soon, and reiterated that the U.S. would support and defend ******* if such an ******* occurred.

At a 

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 event, when asked by reporters how imminent he thought an ******* by Iran could be, Biden said that while he didn’t want to discuss “secure information,” his expectation was “sooner than later.”

Asked what his message to Iran was, Biden said, “Don’t.”

“We are devoted to the defense of *******. We will support *******, we will help defend ******* and Iran will not succeed,” he said.

Earlier in the day, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that U.S. officials are in “constant communication” with their ******** counterparts “about making sure that they can defend themselves against those kinds of attacks.”

“We do believe that this still is a viable threat,” Kirby said. “We’re doing everything we can to make sure that ******* can defend itself.”

Iranian officials, including the country’s supreme leader, 

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, have vowed to retaliate against ******* over the ******* on its consulate in Damascus.

In response, ******* 

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 to launch a direct strike on Iran if it comes under *******.

NBC News 

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 last week that an Iranian ******* on ******* could focus on military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians, two U.S. officials said. The officials also said the Biden administration had started considering options for how to respond to various possible retaliatory moves by Iran.

Iran accused ******* of striking its consulate in Damascus on April 1. ******** officials have said that it was a building disguised as a diplomatic mission, and that it’s used by Iran’s Quds force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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