Chris Coons: Biden Is ‘Making It Clear’ to Iran that the U.S. Will Defend Israel

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BLITZER: “How imminent do you think this Iranian retaliation could be, imminent is a very very powerful word. Could this be a multi-pronged attack from Iranian proxies, not directly necessarily from Iran
COONS: “Wolf, it certainly could, Hezbollah is one of the most capable, best equipped, and armed of the Iranian Proxies that are arrayed around Israel‘s borders. The Houthis in Yemen, who had been harassing civilian shipping in the Red Sea. Hamas, obviously, which carried out a barbaric attack on October 7, and a whole series of militias in Syria and in Iraq. All of those are Iranian-backed, trained, and equipped proxies throughout the region. Any one of which could carry out attacks on Israeli and American interests. I am, of course, encouraged to see that our president is standing strong with Israel, sending one of our key military leaders to plan and consult, dispatching warships to the region, and making it clear publicly and privately to Iran that they should not think the United States will in any way step back from defending Israel from an Iranian attack.”