Despite Biden’s acrimonious views of Netanyahu, the American president has spent the last year acceding to every escalation of the conflict by Israel, which has seen an already horrific and disproportionate retribution on Gaza turn into a regional war, with an ongoing occupation of Lebanon and a rising cycle of tit-for-tat retaliation against Iran.

U.S. President Joe Biden issued a firm appeal to Israel on Friday, advising against carrying out attacks on UN forces stationed in Lebanon. This was in response to recent shelling of UNIFIL peacekeeping mission positions.

The US President, Joe Biden, made a strong appeal on Friday to Israel, urging them not to carry out attacks on UN forces stationed in Lebanon. This came in response to the recent shelling of UNIFIL peacekeeping mission positions.

Israel has said it will respond to Iran's missile barrage, which was launched in retaliation for Israel's military operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the killings of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

U.S. officials believe Israel has narrowed down what they will target in their response to Iran’s attack, which these officials describe as Iranian military and energy infrastructure.