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Cameron urges Israel to be 'smart' over Iran

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Vincent
Published date16 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Israel should recognise Tehran's attack at the weekend as an "almost total failure" and "think with head as well as heart" in its response, the Foreign Secretary said

He confirmed British RAF jets shot down "a small number" of drones fired by Iran in what was its first direct military assault on Israeli soil. The unprecedented attack by Iran, which it said was in retaliation against a strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria earlier this month, has raised fears over the Israel-Hamas war spiralling into a wider regional conflagration.

Speaking ahead of a Commons statement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the matter, Lord Cameron yesterday echoed US President Joe Biden's comment that Israel should view the successful defence against around 350 drones and missiles launched by Iran as a victory.

The Foreign Secretary told Times Radio: "The best thing to do in the case of Israel is to recognise this has been a failure for Iran. And so they should, as President Biden has said to them, as it were, take the win and then move on to focus on how to eradicate Hamas in Gaza and how to get those hostages free.

"Israeli people this morning are thinking 'We've suffered this massive attack. Of course, we want our government to respond'. And that's why...

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