US President Joe Biden cautions Israel against attacking Iranian oil fields, nuclear sites
Tel Aviv intensified its bombardment of Lebanon on Saturday, attacking a Palestinian refugee camp.
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United States President Joe Biden has cautioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against attacking Iran’s oil fields in response to Tehran’s recent missile attack on Israel, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
“The Israelis have not concluded what they’re going to do in terms of a strike,” Biden said to reporters at the White House on Friday. “If I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields.”
Biden has also warned Israel against attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, reported Reuters.
On Tuesday, Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel, raising fears of an all-out war in West Asia. This came in retaliation for the killings of senior members of the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.
Hamas and Hezbollah are backed by Iran.
Media reports have suggested that Tel Aviv is contemplating targeting Iranian oil rigs and nuclear sites.
An Israeli attack on major oil infrastructure in Iran would aggravate geopolitical tensions and disrupt energy markets, particularly affecting supply to China, reported Bloomberg.
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump criticised Biden’s comments, saying he was in favour of an attack specifically targeting Iranian nuclear sites. “I think he got that one wrong,” Trump said. “The answer should have been hit the nuclear first,...
