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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Patrick Wintour

Rishi Sunak urges Israel to show restraint after Iranian attack

Rishi Sunak speaks at the dispatch box in the House Commons
Sunak said he would ‘shortly be speaking’ to Benjamin Netanyahu, although sources said such a call was unlikely to happen on Monday. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has echoed calls by fellow world leaders for Israel to show restraint in its response to the weekend’s attack by Iran, as the international community seeks to prevent a full-scale regional conflict.

Updating the House of Commons for the first time since the weekend’s largely unsuccessful attack involving more than 300 drones and missiles, the prime minister told MPs he was urgently working with allies to try to prevent any escalation.

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