U.S. will not participate in reprisal strike against Iran, senior administration official says

 In the aftermath of the unprecedented airstrikes by Iran against Israel, President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in a reprisal strike on Iran, according to a senior administration official.

Israel reported only minor damage to a military base after more than 300 missiles and drones were fired from Iran toward Israel Saturday night, most of which were intercepted before entering Israeli territory.

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said at a late Sunday briefing that Israel intercepted 99% of the approximately 350 “suicide drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and rockets” launched from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Five ballistic missiles got through Israeli and U.S. air defenses and struck Israeli territory, two U.S. officials told CBS News. Four of them landed at what U.S officials said was Iran’s primary target — Nevatim Airbase, where Israeli F-35s are based. One missile hit a runway, another hit an empty hanger and another hit a hangar that was no longer in use. A fifth missile that appeared to be aimed at a radar site in northern Israel missed its target, the officials said.

The Iranian attack was designed to saturate Israeli and U.S. air defenses with drones and cruise missiles, clearing the way for the ballistic missiles, the officials said. U.S. aircraft operating out of bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia were waiting for the drones and shot down between 70-80 of them, with some aircraft shooting down more than one drone.