Washington: President Joe Biden sought to discourage Israel from attacking Iran's oil fields, as the US looks to shape Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to a ballistic-missile barrage and keep the region from descending into all-out war.
Former US Donald Trump advises Israel to hit Iran's nuclear facility.
The former president, speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina, referred to a question posed to Democratic President Joe Biden this week about the possibility of Israel targeting Iran's nuclear program.
Iran fired around 180 missiles at Israel on October 1, which it said was a response to the assassinations of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which took place last week and in July, respectively.