Inside the country. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has used a Telephone Call with Israels Benjamin Netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after irans missile and drone attack over the weekend. While he emphasised the uks support for israels security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Israels Prime Minister is weighing up the risks of another war before hes finished the existing one. Today, he told new army recruits that operations in gaza were just one part of a wider conflict. Translation its part of a bigger system. You can see it. Iran stands behind hamas, behind hezbollah, behind others. But we are determined to win there and defend ourselves in all arenas. New footage released by the army shows the moment the military focus here changed. The first interceptions of iranian missiles ordered from this control room. Israels ongoing conflicts with iranian backed groups have been pushed into the shadows by a
Though some officials expect it to be a limited strike inside the country. Tuesday morning the air drop Missions Continue in gaza this time carried out by the us central command. For now, the United Nations has voiced concerns, about escalating violence in the occupied west bank. It comes after a wave of attacks, sparked by the killing of an israeli teenager. The un accused Israeli Security forces of active participation in attacks on palestinians byjewish settlers. The vast majority of the International Community considers the settlements in the west bank as illegal under international law. Israel disputes this. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has used a Telephone Call with Israels Benjamin Netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after irans missile and drone attack over the weekend. While he emphasised the uks support for israels security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Israels Prime Minister is weighing
Of the ancient games. The gentleman speaking at the moment, the president of the Olympic Committee in greece, he is also a member of the International Committee. You can see the ancient remains of the 2600 year old temple, where this is taking place. What will happen is the flame will be lit and then it will be handed over to the paris 2024 olympic team. The relay will stretch from the acropolis to the south pacific. As you can see, there are hundreds of people at the ceremony and it is the First Time Since the covid 19 pandemic when of course there were toned down events for the tokyo olympics, that spectators are able to attend the Torch Relay Events and this flame Lighting Ceremony. We are expecting that flame to be lit in the next ten to 15 minutes. We will come back to that as we see it. We will have full coverage of that line from olympia as the flame is lit to head towards the paris 2024 olympics, which, of course, start injuly of this year. We start this hour with the latest de
The israeli governments diplomatic offensive comes as it considers a military response. Officials are insisting they will retaliate over the massive barrage of missiles. Benjamin netanyahus called on the International Community to stand united against the run. The white house has described irans attack on israel as a spectacular and embarrassing failure. Our chief International Correspondent can give us more on developments. Tera International Correspondent can give us more on developments. Two days after the skies us more on developments. Two days after the skies over us more on developments. Two days after the skies over israel us more on developments. Two days after the skies over israel were after the skies over israel were filled by iranian cruise and Ballistic Missiles as well as suicide drones, israel is making it absolutely clear that it will hit back. The question is, how and when . What seems clear now is it will take many forms. This morning israels Foreign Minister has said
However, its worth noting that there is no mention of an Israeli Military response, even though israeli officials have promised to retaliate against iran, after it launched a wave of missiles against israeli targets late on saturday. Only a handful of more than 300 missiles and drones got through the israeli air defences. Iran says it was responding to an air strike at the start of this month on the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus which it blamed on israel, although israel has not acknowledged being behind it. Iran is calling for restraint, saying it doesnt want this to escalate into a wider war. We are going to look at the peril in this moment butjust to remind you that this tension takes place in the midst of the ongoing israel gaza war, is the i93rd day of war. Today there are reports of fighting in the gaza strip and particularly in the north east. There are also reports that more aid is now getting into gaza from the north. We are getting reports on the ground an