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welcome tojerusalem. it s time to step back from the brink . that s the warning from the un secretary general antonio guterres, after iran s attack on israel late on saturday. he was speaking at an emergency meeting of the un where representatives from the uk and us condemned the attacks by iran, but made it clear that they didn t want to see any further escalation. the worlds top political table is one of the few places where iran sets at the same table and it has been said iran crossed the first red line with its attack on israeli territory. the top diplomats of iran said the country had a legitimate right to self defence after the attack on its diplomatic property in damascus on the 1st of april which killed some of its top revolutionary guard members working in the region. members of the security council including the us and uk condemned the attack from iran but there was a call for restraint and an origin of this not to retaliate. here in israel this morning life ....
and another attack. they repelled iran s attack, which was impressive. he says, it was a success which shouldn t be given away easily, hence our advice for the israeli government to be part of the de escalation. let s take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israel s air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. but israel s advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. so how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies? first, they knew about the attack. it was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. most of those were fired from iran itsel ....