Trump answers question connected Iran, Israel
Washington — The U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem is moving connected dispatching evacuation flights and cruise ships for American citizens who privation to permission Israel amid the country's ongoing struggle with Iran, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Michael Huckabee announced Wednesday.
The announcement comes successful the sixth time of the Israel-Iran war, which saw fresh exchanges of strikes overnight into Wednesday. The U.S. State Department connected Monday raised its question advisory for Israel to a Level 4 "do not travel," the highest question informing possible.
"Urgent notice! American citizens wanting to permission Israel- US Embassy successful Israel ... is moving connected evacuation flights & cruise vessel departures," Huckabee wrote connected X. "You indispensable enroll successful the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). You volition beryllium alerted w/ updates."
It's not yet wide erstwhile the flights and cruise ships volition beryllium available, but it is the archetypal announcement from the State Department that the national authorities volition facilitate evacuations for U.S. citizens.
On Wednesday, President Trump signaled the possibility of joining Israel successful its strikes connected Iran.
"I whitethorn bash it, I whitethorn not bash it, cipher knows what I'm going to do," Mr. Trump told reporters erstwhile helium was asked astir whether the U.S. volition get progressive successful the strikes connected Iran's atomic and subject facilities.
Mr. Trump has called connected Iran to surrender completely. But Iran's ultimate leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said his state won't surrender and warned the U.S. against subject intervention.
Kathryn Watson is simply a authorities newsman for CBS News Digital, based successful Washington, D.C.
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