Israel hits Iran with 'limited' strikes despite White House opposition

Despite the White House voicing its guidance against Israel striking backmost astatine Iran, nan Jewish authorities issued "limited" strikes early Friday.

Fox News Digital has confirmed location person been explosions successful Isfahan state wherever Natanz is located, though it is not clear whether it has been hit.

A well-placed subject root has told Fox that nan onslaught was "limited."

The news came aft President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that nan U.S. would not return portion successful a counter-offensive against Iran.

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Democrats person expressed interest that President Biden has ruined his opinionated among progressives pinch his support for Israel. The president criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complete Israel's behaviour during its warfare pinch Hamas.  (Getty Images)

John Kirby, nan White House's apical nationalist information spokesperson, told ABC's "This Week" programme connected Sunday, April 14 that nan United States will proceed to thief Israel take sides itself, but does not want war pinch Iran.

Kirby said "our committedness is ironclad" to defending Israel and to "helping Israel take sides itself," aft being asked if nan U.S. would support retaliation. 

John Kirby, White House nationalist information communications advisor, during a news convention successful nan James S. Brady Press Briefing Room astatine nan White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Monday, April 15, 2024. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Kirby doubled-down on nan truth that Biden does not "seek" warfare pinch Iran.

"And arsenic nan president has said galore times, we don't activity a wider warfare successful nan region. We don't activity a warfare pinch Iran. And I deliberation I will time off it astatine that," Kirby added.

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"We don't activity escalated tensions successful nan region. We don't activity a wider conflict," Kirby said.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a property convention astatine nan Pentagon connected October 19, 2023 successful Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder echoed Kirby's sentiments, sharing successful a property briefing that nan U.S. does "not want to spot a wider location war."

"As I've highlighted, we do not activity escalation successful nan region, but we will not hesitate to take sides Israel and protect our personnel," he said during nan mobility and reply conception of nan briefing.

"Again, we do not want to spot a wider location war," he added. "We don't activity conflict pinch Iran, but we won't hesitate to return [the] basal actions to protect our forces."

Iran's medium-range ballistic rocket called Hayber (Hurremshahr-4) is seen aft nan motorboat during nan promotional programme organized pinch nan information of high-ranking subject officials successful Tehran, Iran connected May 07, 2023.  (Iranian Defense Ministry/Hanodut/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Reports of Israel's "limited strike" against Iran came pursuing a retaliatory onslaught complete nan weekend. 

Iran attacked Israel complete nan play successful retaliation for Israel's deadly strike connected Iran's consulate successful Syria earlier this period that killed a twelve people, including a apical general. 

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The play onslaught by Iran marked a awesome escalation of violence. Despite decades of hostilities betwixt nan 2 nations, Iran has ne'er straight attacked Israel, alternatively relying connected proxy forces successful Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere. 

Fox News' Bradford Betz and Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.