Washington: White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett has said that president Joe Biden is “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon.”
Hezbollah has reportedly said that it has completed the first phase of its attack on Israel with “a large number of missiles” in response to commander Fuad Shukr’s killing. The Lebanese group said that it has fired over 320 Katyusha rockets at 11 Israeli military bases and barracks, which include the Meron base and four sites in the occupied Golan Heights.
“He has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening,” Savett said of Biden. “At his direction, senior US officials have been communicating continuously with their Israeli counterparts. We will keep supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and we will keep working for regional stability.”
