US still fears that Iran will attack Israel

US: National Security spokesman John Kirby told CNN that Iran has not backed down from its threat to attack Israel. The US is closely monitoring the situation and is prepared, though “hopefully it will not get to that point,” Kirby said. Iran’s supreme leader threatened harsh retaliation against Israel over the killing of Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31. Britain and other European countries called on Iran to exercise “restraint”, but Iran has insisted it is its “legal right” to respond.