On August 13, Kirby, the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said that the United States is ready to respond to a major attack by Iran or its Middle East proxies this week. Kirby said that after Iran and Hamas blamed Israel for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran last month, the United States has stepped up its military deployment in the region and shares Israel's concerns about a possible Iranian attack. "We share the same concerns and expectations as the Israe...