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biden: if you think differently, don’t attack iranian oil fields

2024-10-05

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on october 4, local time, u.s. president biden said at the briefing that day,israel has yet to decide how to respond to previous iranian attacks.

biden said, if he were in israel's shoes, he would seek options other than attacking iran's oil fields.the u.s. and israeli teams have been in constant contact. israel will not make an immediate decision, so the united states will continue to wait.

biden also said, the united states is currently considering imposing sanctions on iran.

previously, some us media analyzed that israel may launch attacks on iranian targets, including oil facilities, in response to iran's previous large-scale missile attacks on israel.

headquarters reporterit was learned that on october 4, local time,a senior u.s. state department official said,israel has not assured the biden administration that it will not carry out retaliatory strikes against iran’s nuclear facilities

the official added that it was difficultto judge whether israel will launch an attack on israel on october 7, the palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas)on the first anniversary of the massive attack, a retaliatory attack was launched.

israel defense forces spokesman hagari issued a statement on the evening of october 1, saying that iran launched a large-scale missile attack on israel from its territory, launching a total of more than 180 ballistic missiles. iranian president pezhiziyan said that day that iran's missile attack that day was a decisive response to israel's "aggression". iran does not seek war but resolutely resists any threats.

in the early morning of october 7, 2023, local time, hamas launched a surprise attack code-named "aqsa flood" from the gaza strip against israel, firing at least 5,000 rockets into israel. at the same time, dozens of palestinian armed men entered israel and launched attacks in multiple locations. israeli prime minister netanyahu immediately declared a state of war and launched operation iron sword against the gaza strip, dispatching dozens of fighter planes to bomb hamas targets. this started the current round of palestinian-israeli conflict and continues to this day.

producer: duan shuang

editor-in-chief: yin liang

reviewer: liu zhuyi

editor: bao jiajun

source: cctv news client