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U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a stern, one-word warning to Iran on Friday as the world braced for Tehran to exact revenge for a deadly Israeli airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d Biden said to reporters following a speech on domestic policy at an event in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are devoted to the defense of Israel,\u201d the president said in response to questions from reporters. \u201cWe will support Israel. We will help defend Israel, and Iran will not succeed.”<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s comments followed similar expressions of support from top U.S. defense and diplomatic officials over the past several days and come as the U.S. military takes steps to ensure growing hostilities between Israel and Iran do not engulf the Middle East in a wider war.<\/p>\n

“We are moving additional assets to the region to bolster regional deterrence efforts and increase protection for U.S. forces,” a U.S. defense official told VOA Friday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, declined to share additional details.<\/p>\n

Even as U.S. officials warned Iran against seeking revenge, a key Iranian proxy sprang into action.<\/p>\n

Lebanese Hezbollah late Friday fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel.<\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces said it detected about 40 rockets crossing from Lebanon into Israel, some of which were intercepted by air defense systems.<\/p>\n

The IDF also said it was able to intercept two explosive drones that Hezbollah militants had used to target Israel earlier Friday.<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether the rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah were part of an effort by Iran to retaliate for the Israeli strike on Iran\u2019s diplomatic compound earlier this month, which killed three senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, including General Ali Reza Zahdi, who led Iran\u2019s elite Quds force.<\/p>\n

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\nA photo provided by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him speaking during the Eid al-Fitr prayer ceremony in Tehran on April 10, 2024. He warned that Israel “must be punished and will be punished\u201d for its attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria.<\/span>
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Wednesday that Israel “must be punished and will be punished\u201d for the April 1 attack, days after one of his advisers said Israeli embassies are “no longer safe.”<\/p>\n

U.S. diplomatic officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have been reaching out to counterparts in Turkey, China and Saudi Arabia, urging them to make clear to Tehran \u201cthat escalation is not in anyone\u2019s interest,\u201d State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters Thursday.<\/p>\n

But the U.S. push for de-escalation has been accompanied by expressions of strong support for Israel in the face of potential Iranian aggression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in constant communication with our Israeli counterparts about making sure that they can defend themselves,\u201d White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters early Friday, describing Iran\u2019s threat to retaliate as \u201cvery credible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take our commitment to helping Israel with their self-defense very seriously,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cIt is an ironclad commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a call Thursday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also offered Washington\u2019s backing to Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecretary Austin assured Minister Gallant that Israel could count on full U.S. support to defend Israel against Iranian attacks,\u201d according to a Pentagon readout of the conversation.<\/p>\n

The U.S. statements and the movement of additional resources to deter Iranian aggression, however, have done little so far to ease growing concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very worried about potential escalation in a situation that seems to be escalating on a daily basis,\u201d said United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message, which has been sent publicly and privately, is to avoid any escalation and work toward de-escalation of the tensions,\u201d Dujarric told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n

VOA\u2019s Patsy Widakuswara and Margaret Besheer contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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