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Israel is not seeking 'significant escalation' with Iran despite concerns of counter strikes, the White House said.
After Tehran officials claimed they gave Washington, D.C. a heads up that it would conduct attacks on Israel, a senior administration official said this was not the case.
'I would not characterize it as if Iran gave us the time to prepare,' the official said during a call with reporters on Sunday. 'Their intent was clearly to be highly, highly destructive. And that is in their public rhetoric and I think it's borne out by what they tried to do last night.
They said that Iran needed time to prepare for the attack and the U.S. 'used the time wisely to prepare' for defense.
Iran's foreign minister said that Tehran informed the U.S. of its impending attack and gave a 72-hour warning to neighboring countries in the Middle East.
Israel has told Washington it does not seek a 'significant escalation' of conflict with Iran amid concerns of a counter strike. Pictured: President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 8, 2023
Iran and its proxies launched around 300 missiles and drones toward Israel since Saturday – but the vast majority were intercepted and shot down before reaching Israeli air space
'We announced... to the White House in a message that our operations will be limited, minimal and will be aimed at punishing the Israeli regime,' Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday.
It came after more than 300 missiles, drones and other strikes were barraged into Israel – but most were intercepted and shot down before reaching the nation's airspace.
Before the strike, Iran warned the U.S.
