Biden calls for G7 meeting after Iran launches over 300 drones, missiles at Israel

Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, sparking President Joe Biden to call for a meeting of the G7 nations “to coordinate a united diplomatic response” to the “brazen attack.”

Biden said the U.S. and other allies helped Israel to intercept most of the projectiles. As of Sunday morning, it wasn’t clear how much damage was caused by the attacks.

The U.S. and Israel had anticipated Saturday’s strike, which came in retaliation for the April 1 bombing of Iran’s embassy in Syria. Iran said it now considers that matter “concluded,” but also warned Israel and the U.S. against any retaliation.

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Biden told Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that since the attacks appeared to have caused minimal casualties and damage, the U.S. will not help in any counter-attacks against Iran, a senior administration official told NBC News.

However, officials are reportedly worried Israel will retaliate anyway.

Meanwhile, President Biden and his national security team met on Saturday night, joining forces with other nations to stop Iran’s attack on Israel.

Biden cut a weekend at his Delaware beach house short amid news of the attack. The White House said Biden convened a meeting of the National Security Council in the White House Situation Room.