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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the US has spent the past 36 hours coordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation following a retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel this weekend.
He also called on Israel to exercise caution and not rush into a military response to Iran. Blinken noted that he has been in contact with counterparts in the region and will continue to do so in the coming hours and days.
" Strength and wisdom must be different sides of the same coin. We do not seek escalation, but we will continue to support Israel's defense and protect our personnel in the region ," Blinken said in his first public comments on the attack this week. weekend.
As CNN reported, President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not participate in offensive moves against Iran.
" What this weekend showed is that Israel should not and should not defend itself only when it is the victim of aggression, the victim of an attack ," he said.
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