White House calls Iran's attack on Israel a 'spectacular failure'

The White House labelled Iran's extensive aerial assault on Israel as a "spectacular and embarrassing failure" on Monday after US forces aided in intercepting the majority of the missiles and drones launched by Tehran.

"We've seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail, and this spectacular and embarrassing failure was all by design," national security council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.

"All of this is categorically false," he added.

Kirby also said that the US did engage in communication with Iran. However, there were never any messages exchanged regarding Iran's timeframe or targets for its weekend attack.