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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachel Vickers-Price

Government says Israel’s escalation in the Middle East ‘is in no one’s interest’

Downing Street has issued a statement in the wake of Israel’s latest attacks on Iran. IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari (left), Sir Kier Starmer (right) (Twitter/Daniel Hagari/PA, Jaimi Joy/AP) -

The Government said it is monitoring the unfolding situation in the Middle East “closely” after Israel launched a series of airstrikes targeting military sites in Iran.

The attacks did not target nuclear or oil facilities, two Israeli officials confirmed to the Associated Press.

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