US President Joe Biden believes Israel's armed forces most likely only hitting military targets on Iranian territory and hoping that the strike will not be followed by retaliation. The words of the American leader, who spoke to journalists in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), were quoted by the press pool of the White House.
„I hope this is the end,”, Biden said, speaking of a potential retaliation from Tehran. He added that the Israeli attack appeared to be only against Iranian military targets. "For the past half hour I have been talking to members of the intelligence community. It appears that they (Israeli armed forces) were hitting nothing but military targets,” the president said. He confirmed that Israel had notified Washington in advance of the strikes.
As announced by the White House, on October 26, the Head of State and the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, discussed the consequences of the Israeli strikes against Iran with their national security team. “President Biden has directed that we do everything possible to protect our forces and help protect Israel from any potential response from Iran and its supporters,” the White House added.