US President Joe Biden said all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided as Israel said the attack was in response to missile fire by the Iran-aligned militants over the past two days.
Israel bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday as part of an attack it said was in response to missile fire by the Iran-aligned militants at Israel over the past two days.
“I’ll tell you what I say to him when I talk to him,” he told reporters in Washington. Asked whether all-out war in the Middle East could be avoided, he replied: “It has to be. We really have to avoid it.” Israel’s intensifying bombardments have increased fears that the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon could spin out of control, potentially drawing Iran into the war, as well as the US, Israel’s closest ally.
Israel says its goal is to make its northern areas safe from Hezbollah rocket fire and to allow thousands of displaced residents to return, but its strikes have also had a devastating impact on civilians in Lebanon. More blasts rocked Beirut and drones could be heard flying over the Lebanese capital overnight on Saturday and throughout Sunday.
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