Iran-Israel Drone Attack LIVE: Latest Updates From The Middle East As Over 300 Drones And Missiles Are Shot Down By Israelis With The Help Of The RAF

Victoria Atkins, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said the UK continues to ‘support’ Israel.

But the MP added that the UK’s message after Iran’s attack on Israel ‘across the region is that we must no escalate this’.

Hamas has defended Iran’s attack on Israel, calling it ‘a natural right and a deserved response’.

‘We in Hamas regard the military operation conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran as a natural right and a deserved response on the crime of targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus and the assassination of several leaders of the Revolutionary Guards,’ the group said in a statement.

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, condemned Iran’s attack on Israel, saying he urges ‘all parties to exercise maximum restraint’.

He wrote in a statement: ‘I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East.

‘I have repeatedly stressed that neither the region nor the world can afford another war.’

RAF jets have been used to shoot down Iranian drones after Tehran announced it launched an attack on Israel in what threatens to become a major regional escalation.

Warplanes in Iraq and Syria have been deployed to intercept ‘any airborne attacks within range of our existing missions’, the Ministry of Defence said.

Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said 99 per cent of more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles had been shot down outside the country’s borders with aircraft intercepting more than 10 cruise missiles.

Iran has reiterated a warning to Israel todaym saying it should not respond to it attack on Israeli territory as its nexts steps will be bigger if it does.

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Iranian armed forces chief of staff, said if Israel retaliates, Iran’s response will be ‘much larger’ than the overnight bombardment, Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, Iran also warned Washington that backing Israeli retaliation would lead to the targeting of US bases.

Israel has said it ‘foiled’ Iran’s unprecedented attack on its country yesterday and revealed 120 ballistic missiles along with 200 drones were used – with a seven-year-old girl left injured in ‘serious condition’ at hospital.

Last night, innocent civilians were forced to flee to bomb shelters across the nation.

Iran sent the salvo of missiles in response to a drone strike at the beginning of April in Syria that killed 12 Iranians, including two top generals.

The Israeli military today said that Iran’s unprecedented overnight attack on Israel has been ‘foiled’ with hundreds of missiles and drones intercepted with the help of the United States and allies.

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