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Good evening. The un Secretary General and other World Leaders have called for restraint in the middle east, after whats believed to have been an Israeli Attack on iran overnight. Us Officials Say israel was responsible for a missile strike. The Israeli Government hasnt officially commented. Iran says the attack didnt cause any damage and indicated there would be no retaliation. There were reports of explosions in syria, iraq, and most significantly in iran, in the province of isfahan, in the middle of the country. The area is home to an airbase and several nuclear sites, as well as a missile factory. Us officials called it an israeli missile strike. Iranian media said three small drones were involved. In a moment well hear from our North America editor sarah smith, In Washington, and our chief International Correspondent, lyse doucet. But first, Lucy Williamson is injerusalem. Well, there are reports tonight that israels Defence Minister has been having conversations with his us count
bbc news, jerusalem. our north america editor is sarah smith. sarah, president biden of course had urged restraint will stop what is being said in washington tonight? well, interestingly, president biden and those around him are very deliberately saying almost nothing about this today, except to confirm the us wasn t involved in any military operations, and that is because amid the relief here that the israeli response was relatively small scale, they don t want to fan the flames of anything by statements or commentary coming out of here but you are right, president biden had urged israel to take the win, the massive failure of iran s attack on them last weekend, and not to read your italianate and as we saw israel and not to retaliate and as we saw israel didn t. there is growing frustration here about israel s tactics, what has been happening in