The US expects Israel to respond in a balanced manner to the Iranian attack.

According to RIA Novosti on October 3, Politico quoted anonymous advisors to US President Joe Biden as saying that the US and Israel are discussing the possibility of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacking pro-Iranian forces and units of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Yemen and Syria in retaliation for Iranian missile attacks on Israel.

"The U.S. is actively discussing with Israel how to respond to Iran's missile attack, which could include a military strike. Among the possible options being considered are Israel targeting Iranian-backed forces or directly attacking IRGC forces in Yemen or Syria," Politico reported.

Sources note that the US wants Israel to have a limited response to Iran's missile attacks. At the same time, according to Politico, President Joe Biden now has far fewer opportunities to influence events in the Middle East because the US has failed to successfully resolve the instability in the region. Washington appears to have lost some of its standing there.

CNN quoted a senior official in the US administration as saying that President Joe Biden expects Israel to have a balanced response to the Iranian missile attacks to avoid a full-scale war in the Middle East.

"President Biden hopes that Israel will take a cautious approach, allowing it to both maintain the right to retaliate and avoid actions that could trigger further retaliation and a full-scale war in the region," CNN reported.

However, according to this official, the US is not preventing Israel from retaliating.

On October 1st, Iran launched a massive missile attack on Israel in response to recent attacks by Tel Aviv targeting senior leaders of Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Iran had made a “grave mistake” and would “pay the price,” raising the risk of a full-scale conflict.