US prepares for war as Biden warns Israel to end escalatory cycle with Iran

Published August 5, 2024 7:24am ET



BIDEN ‘STOP BSing ME’: President Joe Biden returns to the White House from his Delaware home this afternoon to convene a meeting of his national security team, including presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris, to review the spiraling events in the Middle East, where Iran is threatening a major attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.

Israel has not confirmed it was responsible for the assassination, which initial reports suggested was carried out by a remote-controlled bomb planted in a guest house where Haniyeh was staying. Still, Iran says it was the result of a “short-range projectile” fired from outside the guest house.

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