President Joe Biden held a “direct,” 30-minute phone call with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two months and a chance to confer over Israel’s planned response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

Today’s phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden was roughly 30 minutes long, was “direct and productive” and included a discussion regarding Israel’s response to the Iranian missile attack earlier this month,

President Joe Biden is set to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack.

President Biden spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel's leader warned support for Iran ally Hezbollah would bring Lebanon "suffering like we see in Gaza."

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Wednesday to stay in "close contact" as Israel mulls its response to Iran, with the US leader also urging the Israeli premier to "minimize" harm to civilians in Lebanon,