Biden says he expects Iran will attack Israel ‘sooner than later’

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President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Friday that he expects Iran will attack Israel “sooner than later.”“I don’t want to get into secure information but my expectation is sooner than later,” Biden said to reporters when asked how imminent an Iranian attack on Israel would be.Asked what his message to Iran is right now, the president& said, “Don’t.”In response to more shouted questions from reporters in the room, including CNN’s MJ Lee asking if American troops were at risk – Biden returned to the podium and said that the United States is “devoted” to the defense of Israel.“We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel we will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” Biden said.The US has been on high alert for a significant Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel in recent days as fears grow of a wider regional war.There remains a “real,” “credible” and “viable” threat of Iran launching strikes, the White House said Friday, following Israel’s attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria last week that killed three Iranian generals.Biden, who warned this week that Iran was threatening a “significant attack” on Israel, has been& receiving constant updates...

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