A handful of Western allies, including the U.S., mobilized its forces to help defend Israel from Iran’s air attack over the weekend.
In the name of thwarting “terror,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed leaders of Western allies to enact the “same level of protection” against Russia’s air raids as they did while defending Israel from Iran’s drone attack over the weekend.
Washington, D.C., mobilized aircraft and missile defenses to assist Israel in what President Joe Biden called “an unprecedented air attack” launched by Iran on Saturday. The bombardment follows an Israeli strike on Iran’s embassy complex in Syria earlier this month, which killed seven Iranian military personnel.
Biden said that steps were taken “at my direction” by the U.S. military to “support the defense of Israel,” which came under fire by more than 300 Iranian munitions in the attack. The majority of the missiles were believed to have been fired from within Iranian territory and were intercepted before entering Israel.
The U.K.’s Ministry of Defense announced that Royal Air Force fighter jets and air refueling tankers were also sent to the region to help defend Israel. Jordan’s government on Sunday announced that its military shot down missiles that had entered its airspace, and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that France’s military helped monitor the barrage.
