Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Iran’s attack on Israel was “largely ineffective” and it may “provide an opening” to prevent an escalation.
The US has broken ranks with one of its biggest allies after it told Israel it will not participate in any retaliatory action against Iran following hundreds of strikes over the weekend.
It is Tehran’s first-ever direct attack on its neighbour.
Israel says more than 300 missiles and drones were fired by Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, but most were intercepted before entering Israeli airspace.
“There’s an element here that might provide an opening to not force an escalation here, which is the attack was largely ineffective.
“It’s not as if Israel received a tremendous amount of damage.”
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