The US official advised ABC News Tuesday that the response to a drone assault which resulted within the deaths of three American service members in Jordan will likely be carried out “over the course of a number of days” and hanging “a number of targets.”
The official emphasised that the targets will likely be “very deliberate” and can embrace services that enabled these assaults on US forces. They wouldn’t specify whether or not the targets could be inside or exterior of Iran.
President Joe Biden, when requested about whether or not Iran is accountable, blamed Tehran for arming the proxy teams. He added that whereas Iran is accountable, the US isn’t “in search of” a “wider conflict within the Middle East.”
President Joe Biden speaks to reporters earlier than boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Jan. 30, 2024.
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The US navy’s investigation into the latest drone assault has but to disclose how the enemy assault drone was in a position to attain the distant US navy base in Jordan. The assault resulted within the deaths of three service members and over 40 wounded.
According to US officers, the one-way enemy assault drone approached the bottom across the identical time as a US surveillance drone, inflicting confusion and stopping US air defenses from deploying.
The Pentagon named the three Army reservists killed within the assault as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett. The assault is seen as a big escalation within the tensions between Iran-backed militants and US forces within the area.
In response to the latest assaults, a spokesperson for the Iranian Mission for the UN stated that “Iran has nothing to do with the assaults” and that the battle has been initiated by the US navy in opposition to resistance teams in Iraq and Syria.
Officials are at present discussing one of the best plan of action, emphasizing the necessity to keep away from escalation of tensions and “a wider battle throughout the area.”
ABC News’ Shannon Crawford contributed to this report.