Regional War Feared as Biden Backs Israel's Threat to Retaliate After Iranian Missile Attack

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Israel has announced it is sending more troops into southern Lebanon as the Middle East moves closer to a full-scale regional war. On Tuesday, Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel that Iran says targeted Israeli military and security sites, a response that comes after a series of escalating Israeli attacks in recent months against Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian leaders. The United States aided Israel in intercepting many of the Iranian missiles on Tuesday, and President Joe Biden has vowed to support Israel in further retaliation. "From what I can gather, the Iranian assertion about targeting military and security facilities is correct," says Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg in Tel Aviv. "While things were supposedly in control while Israel was going from glory to glory killing its enemies and getting the bad guys, there was also a deep sense of insecurity and a lack of control right at home." We also speak with Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for _HuffPost_, who says there is an ongoing debate inside the Biden White House between those who want to pull back from a regional war and the hawks who see this as an opportunity to reshape the Middle East. "The U.S. doesn't know where it's going," says Ahmed.

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