The call came in the midst of Israel expanding its ground incursion into Lebanon, and it is also considering how to respond to the recent missile attack launched by it. Iran On its territory.
And he said The White House The Vice President Kamala Harris She joined the call.
Israeli Channel 12 revealed that Biden and Netanyahu discussed “during the call the possibilities of an Israeli response to Iran… and Netanyahu sought to understand the American position and obtain support.”
She added: “It can be estimated that this is an important preparatory step towards the Israeli move.”
The channel indicated that Biden He said, “Israel must begin planning for the stage that will follow the fighting on the Lebanon front.”
Netanyahu’s office confirmed that the Prime Minister recently spoke with the former president Donald Trump.
The Republican candidate, who is competing against Harris in the upcoming presidential elections, called Netanyahu last week and “congratulated him on the intensive and decisive operations carried out by Israel against Hezbollah“, according to Netanyahu’s office.
Israel is considering how to respond to the missile attack launched by Iran at the beginning of this October, which it helped US In confronting him.
Biden said last week that he would not support an Israeli retaliatory strike on sites linked to Tehran’s nuclear program.