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Israel-Iran Tensions LIVE: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Saturday night, the White House said, after Iran launched a retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel.
US President Joe Biden had a telephonic conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, after Iran launched a retaliatory drone and missiles attack on Israel, the White House said, adding that it will provide a summary of the call. The US forces has also started shooting down the explosive-laden drones launched by Tehran.
Biden expects Iranian attack on Israel to come "sooner rather than later", warning the Middle Eastern country "don't", while reiterating Washington's commitment to defend Israel and warned Iran that it "will not succeed".
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Sunday after Israel requested the council condemn Iran's attack on Israel and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. The meeting will take place at 4 pm ET (2000 GMT). "The Iranian attack is a serious threat to global peace and security and I expect the Council to use every means to take concrete action against Iran".
Israel has been on high alert since April 12 about retaliation from Iran and it's proxies after it allegedly attacked Iran's embassy in Damascus (Syria) last week. The attack on April 1 claimed the lives of one commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' overseas Quds Force and six other officers. While Israel has not claimed responsibility, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel "must be punished" for what he said was a