US pledges ‘new military deployments’ to Israel

President Biden has vowed to back West Jerusalem amid concerns of Iranian retaliation over the killing of a Hamas political chief  

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed “new US military deployments” to help Israel defend against “all threats” during a call on Thursday, according to a White House readout of the conversation. The conversation followed the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.