{"id":60614,"date":"2024-04-15T10:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=60614"},"modified":"2024-04-15T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:55:51","slug":"middle-east-crisis-david-cameron-tells-israel-to-be-smart-by-not-escalating-tensions-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/middle-east-crisis-david-cameron-tells-israel-to-be-smart-by-not-escalating-tensions-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East crisis: David Cameron tells Israel to be &#8220;smart&#8221; by not escalating tensions with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lord David Cameron has urged Israel to be \u201csmart as well as tough\u201d by not escalating the conflict with Iran, reports PA Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel should recognise Tehran\u2019s attack on the weekend as an \u201calmost total failure\u201d and \u201cthink with head as well as heart\u201d in its response, the Foreign Secretary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that British RAF jets shot down \u201ca small number\u201d of drones fired by Iran in what was its first direct military assault on Israeli soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lord <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Cameron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Cameron<\/a> has urged Israel to be \u201csmart as well as tough\u201d by not escalating the conflict with Iran<br><br>\u270d\ufe0f: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophie_wing8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sophie_wing8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhvLYy1RU1\">https:\/\/t.co\/HhvLYy1RU1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PA Media (@PA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PA\/status\/1779791029542978000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The unprecedented attack by Iran, which it said was in retaliation against a strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria earlier this month, has raised fears over the Israel-Hamas war spiralling into a wider regional conflagration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking ahead of a Commons statement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the matter, Lord Cameron on Monday echoed US President Joe Biden\u2019s comment that Israel should view the successful defence against around 350 drones and missiles launched by Iran as a victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foreign Secretary told Times Radio: \u201cThe best thing to do in the case of Israel is to recognise this has been a failure for Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd so they should, as President Biden has said to them, as it were, take the win and then move on to focus on how to eradicate Hamas in Gaza and how to get those hostages free.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord David Cameron has urged Israel to be \u201csmart as well as tough\u201d by not escalating the conflict with Iran, reports PA Media. 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