Iran launched drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles towards Israeli targets in response to a drone strike at the beginning of April in Syria that left 12 Iranians, including two top generals, dead.
The British Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to Israel UK ministers are drawing up plans to evacuate British nationals from Israel amid fears of an attack from Iran .
A UK Government spokesman said: 'While we continue to use all diplomatic levers to push for de-escalation, our staff are working around the clock to plan for all scenarios to keep British nationals safe.Passengers wait for their flights at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on August 6 amid regional tensions exacerbated by the death of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31
Read More Iran rejects 'impudent' calls from West to stand down threat to attack Israel Several commercial airlines have already suspended flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut amid fears of growing escalation. Masoud Pezeshkian, the newly-elected Iranian President, has insisted his country has the 'right to respond' to the attack on Iranian soil, without specifying details.
Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project and former Ambassador of the UK to Yemen, told MailOnline this evening 'it could all very easily spiral out of control'.'But Iran both want to be seen to respond to the Israeli assassinations.
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