US President Joe Biden said he would not support an Israeli attack on sites linked to Tehran's nuclear program when asked about Israel's possible response to an Iranian missile attack.
The US President held telephone consultations with G7 leaders, including the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, to coordinate the imposition of new sanctions on Iran.
“Our answer is clearly no! This was stated by the US President. We will discuss the next steps with Israel, but we all agree that Israel has the right to respond.”
Israel banned UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country, and Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US State Department, said the ban was counterproductive.
Members of the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel.
According to Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Guterres's recent statement, in which he called for a halt to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, was “completely out of touch with reality.”
At the meeting, the Secretary-General condemned the Iranian attack, but at the same time urged Israel not to obstruct ceasefire efforts in Lebanon or Gaza.
