Craig Johnson in Skelmersdale, UK asks: If Iran gets directly involved in the conflict, would that prompt the US and its allies to directly join the war? And could this lead to a third world war?
Jeremy Bowen, our international editor, reporting from southern Israel, says:
When asked about the possibility of intervention by Iran or its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, Joe Biden said: "Don't."
The Americans just deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the eastern Mediterranean to send a very firm message to Iran to stay out.
They're saying that if anyone intervenes, they will have American military might to reckon with, not just Israel's.
One of the major fault lines in the Middle East runs between the US and its allies, and the Iranians and theirs.
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