Biden cuts beach trip short amid potential Iranian attack on Israel

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President Biden cut short his weekend trip to his Delaware beach house and returned to the White House to monitor the crisis in the Middle East amid concerns of a potential, immanent Iranian attack on Israel.

Biden departed from Rehoboth Beach a day earlier than planned in order to consult with his national security team about events in the Middle East, according to the White House.

Biden on Friday said he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later" as Tehran continues promising to take revenge for the attack on its Damascus consulate.

"I don't want to get into secure information, but my expectation [is] sooner than later," Biden told a reporter, adding: "We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will defend, help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed."

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The U.S. and others have attributed the Damascus consulate attack to Israel, but no Israeli official has taken credit for the strike, which killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on Saturday to discuss urgent regional threats, according to a readout presented to reporters by