but israel officials have yet to confirm that. we saw some volatility in the oil price after the attack, but things have settled now. i spoke with renowned strategist david roche of independent strategy, and asked him how further escalation of this conflict could impact the global economy. take a listen. i think it will give momentary pause to escalation in the middle east of the israelis —— what the israelis have done and there is no doubt that they were behind the strike, is that they have hit the military base close to isfahan but only about 110 kilometres away from the nuclear site. that is very significant because what they did was to wipe out the radar and anti—aircraft defence missiles at that site which were missiles there to protect the nuclear facilities to the north. israel's messages very clear — you fire 300 missiles