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US President Joe Biden boards Marine One at Gordons Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as he returns to the White House on April 13, 2024 – Copyright AFP Brendan SMIALOWSKI<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nDanny KEMP<\/em><\/p>\nThe United States pledged to support Israel\u2019s defense against an Iranian drone attack Saturday as President Joe Biden held crisis talks with his top national security team.<\/p>\n
Biden cut short a weekend trip to Delaware as fears grew of an attack \u2014 news of which broke as the president was still in his helicopter on his way back to Washington.<\/p>\n
The White House said that \u201cIran has begun an airborne attack against Israel\u201d and that it was \u201clikely to unfold over several hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Biden has been clear: our support for Israel\u2019s security is ironclad,\u201d National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden was kept regularly updated and his team was in \u201cconstant communication\u201d with the Israelis and other allies, Watson said.<\/p>\n
Biden was due to meet in the White House\u2019s heavily secured situation room with his top officials including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief Bill Burns, the White House added.<\/p>\n
Iran had vowed retaliation after a presumed Israeli strike on April 1 leveled an Iranian diplomatic building in Damascus, killing seven members of the elite Revolutionary Guards including two generals.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s army had said earlier that Iran had launched direct drone strikes at it. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards later confirmed that an attack was underway and Iranian state TV said it involved \u201cdrones and missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2018Ironclad\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
The US president, wearing a blue baseball cap, made no comment to waiting reporters as he boarded his helicopter Marine One in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to fly back to Washington.<\/p>\n
After his arrival, Biden went straight to the Oval Office.<\/p>\n
He had been due to stay in the coastal town where he keeps a house on Sunday, but cut the trip short for consultations on the Middle East situation, the White House said.<\/p>\n
Biden had arrived in Rehoboth less than 24 hours earlier, shortly after warning Iran not to attack Israel but saying he expected an attack sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Earlier Saturday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said he spoke with his Israeli counterpart Tzachi Hanegbi to emphasize Washington\u2019s \u201cironclad\u201d support.<\/p>\n
Defense chief Austin also spoke to his Israeli counterpart and \u201cmade clear that Israel could count on full US support to defend Israel against any attacks by Iran and its regional proxies,\u201d the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n
Tensions had ratcheted up earlier in the day when Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz that was \u201crelated to the Zionist regime,\u201d the term it uses for Israel, state media reported.<\/p>\n
The White House condemned the seizure of the British-owned vessel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe call on Iran to release the vessel and its international crew immediately,\u201d Watson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSeizing a civilian vessel without provocation is a blatant violation of international law, and an act of piracy by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday the Pentagon said the top US commander for the Middle East had traveled to Israel for talks on security threats with the country\u2019s military officials.<\/p>\n
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf with the Indian Ocean and, according to the US Energy Information Administration, more than a fifth of global oil consumption passes through it each year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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