How Biden Pushed Israel to Calibrate Its Strikes on Iran

The first move by Biden's administration was to acknowledge that Iran would have to pay for the Oct. 1 attack, officials say. U.S. officials worked to present an alternative option that included a set of different measures: Washington worked to impose oil sanctions targeting Iran's so-called "Ghost Fleet" to offer an alternative measure to the Israelis who wanted to damage Iran's oil revenues with a kinetic strike. Moreover, the United States worked to bolster Israel's air defenses ahead of its Saturday strike on Iran. Before deploying the system, the United States wanted to know Israel's attack plans (Read more at USNews).