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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

How will Israel respond to Iran’s attack and could it cope with a war?

A soldier hangs an Israeli flag on an armoured personnel carrier near the border with Gaza
A soldier hangs an Israeli flag on an armoured personnel carrier near the border with Gaza. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images

Israel’s war cabinet – Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister; Yoav Gallant, the defence minister; and Benny Gantz, a former defence minister and centrist Netanyahu rival – have spent the last two days deliberating how to respond to Iran’s first ever direct attack on the Jewish state.

The salvo involved more than 300 missiles and drones, the majority of which were intercepted with the help of the US, the UK, France and Jordan.

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