Some top U.S. officials are worried that Israel may respond hastily to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attacks and provoke a wider regional conflict that the U.S. could get dragged into.

President Joe Biden, who has publicly reinforced his administration’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel’s defense, has privately expressed concern that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag Washington into a broader conflict, three people familiar with his comments said.
A senior administration official said Biden told Netanyahu in a call Saturday night that the U.S. will not participate in offensive operations against Iran and that Israel should not respond by retaliating against Iran.
Iran’s retaliatory attack Saturday — which swarmed Israeli airspace with hundreds of drones and missiles while causing relatively limited damage — was unprecedented but calibrated to show deterrence without provoking an all-out war, according to experts

Within hours of the strike, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, issued a statement saying the attack had “concluded and we are not willing to continue it.”

An Israeli official in the prime minister’s office told  on Sunday that “Israel is going to consult with all its partners, but ultimately it’s Israel’s decision as to what the response will be.”