Biden cuts his beach weekend short and heads back to the White House to meet his national security team as Iran readies more than 100 cruise missiles and drones for Israel strike

• Biden planned to spend the weekend at his Delaware beach house
• He has been forced to head back to DC to deal with the Middle East crisis 
• READ MORE: Iran prepares for strike and Pentagon beefs up presence in region 

President Joe Biden is cutting his weekend at the beach short and heading back to the White House at short notice to deal with spiraling tensions in the Middle East that could lead to a full-scale war.

Biden, 81, is set to leave Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home on Saturday afternoon so he can meet his national security team just 24 hours after he said an Iranian strike on Israel would happen ‘sooner rather than later’.

He was due to stay until Sunday, but will now return to Washington D.C. following reports Tehran was moving more than 100 cruise missiles and drones to prepare for an assault.

President Joe Biden is cutting his weekend at the beach short and heading back to the White House to deal with the spiraling tensions in the Middle East that could lead to a full-scale war

The Pentagon has already moved aircraft carriers into the Red Sea amid fears of a full-scale war and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant today to tell him he has ‘unwavering’ backing from the U.S.

Austin reiterated ‘that Israel could count on full U.S. support to defend Israel against any attacks by Iran and its regional proxies,

On Friday, Biden revealed his one-word message to Iran over their threats to strike Israel: ‘Don’t’.

He also said the U.S. was committed to supporting one of the nation’s oldest allies, despite simmering tensions with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over the war in Gaza.

Israeli army battle tanks move in an area along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on April 2, 2024

Iran has reportedly readied more than 100 cruise missiles as part of an ‘imminent’ strike on Israel: Picture are long-range air defense system called Arman displayed during an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on February 17, 2024

Rescue workers search in the rubble of a building annexed to the Iranian embassy a day after an air strike in Damascus on April 2, 2024

Iran has publicly threatened to hit back at Israel over an attack in Syria last week, which Tehran say was an Israeli airstrike on a Iranian diplomatic building in Damascus.

At the end of last week, the situation deteriorated when reports surfaced that an attack could come in a matter of days.

Military officials briefed on the matter told both ABC News and CNN that the US has observed Iran readying at least 100 cruise missiles, indicating they could be ready to attack.

ABC also reported that a large number of drones that could be used in an attack on Israel have also been readied by the nation.

Pentagon officials said the US would beef up its presence in the region and the USS Dwight Eisenhower would be sent into the Red Sea in a warning to Tehran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed retribution in the wake of the Damascus attack, for which Tel-Aviv has yet to take responsibility.

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