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facilities pretty close to where its nuclear facilities are. in other words, the military facilities are. in other words, the military assault that took place in the early military assault that took place in the early hours of this morning had a political the early hours of this morning had a political message to it. it was sending a political message to it. it was sending signals, right? and if you accept sending signals, right? and if you accept that analysis, having your security accept that analysis, having your security minister say this attack was a security minister say this attack was a bit security minister say this attack was a bit lame and undermines the strategy. was a bit lame and undermines the strategy, and that is the implication of the criticism here. effectively accusing the security minister effectively accusing the security minister of undermining what israel is trying minister of undermining what israel is trying to minister of undermining what
understand some israeli leaders had wanted to begin with. having said that, america is always keen to say we cannot tell israel what to do. but given the sort of relatively small response by israel in the grand scheme of things and the even smaller response by iran, i imagine that the biden administration will breathe a little bit more easily. they will know that tensions will not disappear between both countries anytime soon but it has lowered that immediate risk of an escalation. stay with us, nobby. let s bring james in from jerusalem. james, we just reported that that tweet on x from it are mad men give ear, the far right national security minister, one word, it was the hebrew word for scarecrow, intimating that perhaps the attack was feeble. what has been the reaction in the israeli cabinet and amongst israeli officials to the events overnight?
any escalations between the two sides. i think it is because. i think from their perspective seeing tension return to tit for tat and a lower level of escalation between the two will prevent an outbreak of the two will prevent an outbreak of the confrontation into the open, thatis the confrontation into the open, that is something that they are looking for. that is something that they are looking for- that is something that they are lookin: for. . ~ , ., , . that is something that they are lookin: for. . ~ , . ., looking for. thank you very much for shafinu looking for. thank you very much for sharing your looking for. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts looking for. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and looking for. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and coming i looking for. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and coming to j sharing your thoughts and coming to a flight from abu dhabi. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent