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Joe Biden to meet national security team as fears grow of retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel

The funeral ceremony for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran
The funeral ceremony for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. US President Joe Biden is meeting his national security team as fears grow of a retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden is set to meet his national security team on Monday to discuss “developments in the Middle East”, the White House has said, as the US deploys extra fighter jets and warships to the region amid growing fears of an Iranian attack on Israel.

Regional tensions have increased after the assassination last week of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran a day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukur, a senior military commander from the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Both groups are backed by Iran, which has sworn revenge.

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