Washington:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, mentioned on Tuesday that Iran was a “harmful” and “destabilizing” power within the Center East and Washington was dedicated to Israel’s safety.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
The feedback from Harris, who faces Republican former President Donald Trump within the Nov. 5 U.S. election, got here hours after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s navy marketing campaign in Lebanon, drawing vows of a pointy response from Israel and the U.S.
No accidents had been reported in Israel and Washington known as Iran’s assault ineffective.
KEY QUOTES
“I am clear-eyed Iran is a destabilizing, harmful power within the Center East,” Harris mentioned. “I’ll all the time guarantee Israel has the flexibility to defend itself in opposition to Iran and Iran-backed terrorist militias.”
“I absolutely help President (Joe) Biden’s order for the U.S. navy to shoot down Iranian missiles concentrating on Israel,” Harris mentioned. “Preliminary indications are that Israel, with our help, was capable of defeat this assault.”
Harris added that Washington will work with its allies to disrupt what she known as Iran’s “aggressive habits.”
CONTEXT
Israel has escalated its navy marketing campaign in Lebanon in latest days, killing lots of and displacing greater than 1,000,000 as a result of operations that Israel says are concentrating on Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
Israel’s navy marketing campaign in Lebanon is along with its conflict in Gaza that adopted a lethal Oct. 7 assault on Israel by Palestinian Hamas militants. Israeli’s navy assault on Gaza has killed tens of hundreds in line with Palestinian well being authorities, displaced practically everybody there, brought about a starvation disaster and prompted genocide allegations that Israel denies.
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