US sends top general to Israel as Iran strike fears rise

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“We have determined a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” he said while visiting an air base, using language of recent days to refer to threats from Iran and its proxies, including Hamas. US seeks China’s help Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had asked China and other countries, including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to urge Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack over the airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. Mr Blinken spoke with counterparts, including Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, this week amid the mounting concern in Washington. “We have also engaged...