Air Strikes On Iran Military Targets End; Saudi Arabia, UK Condemn Action

Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran are “an exercise of self-defense” following Tehran’s ballistic missile attack earlier this month, the United States said late Friday, adding it was informed ahead of the strikes.

White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said the “targeted strikes on military targets” are “an exercise of self-defence and in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1.”

A US defence official, speaking anonymously, said the United States was “informed beforehand, and there is no US involvement. “

The official did not say how far in advance the United States had been informed or what Israel had shared.

White House officials said in separate statements later that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had been