Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he directed the U.S. military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles -- an attack, Biden said, that appears to have been "defeated and ineffective.".
"This is testament to Israeli military capability and the U.S. military," Biden said in his first on-camera remarks on the issue.
"Make no mistake, the United States is fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel," Biden added.
Vice President Kamala Harris, in her own remarks, said she "fully supported" Biden's order to help shoot down the Iranian missiles and that her support for Israel was "unwavering.".
Biden and Harris monitored the Iranian attack against Israel from the White House Situation Room and received regular updates from their national security team, Sullivan said.
Asked at the White House briefing whether Biden would recommend Israel have a limited response as he did after Iran's attack in Israel in April, Sullivan declined to say. »