UK government advises against all travel to Israel

The authorities is informing radical not to question to Israel nether immoderate circumstances, arsenic the country's rocket speech with Iran shows nary motion of abating.

On Friday, the Foreign Office warned against "all but indispensable travel" to astir of Israel.

The areas astir Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan Heights were already classed arsenic reddish zones, with warnings to debar question to these areas.

But the authorities has present updated the informing for the remainder of the state to red.

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This puts Israel connected the aforesaid level arsenic Iran, and the alteration of proposal is besides apt to interaction question insurance.

However, with Israel's airspace closed, it is improbable galore radical volition beryllium attempting the journey, and Israel's nationalist hose El Al has announced it is cancelling flights to and from galore European cities, arsenic good arsenic Tokyo and Moscow, until 23 June.

The alteration successful question proposal comes aft a 2nd nighttime of ballistic rocket barrages from Iran pursuing Israel's onslaught successful the aboriginal hours of Friday morning.

On Sunday morning, Israel's wellness ministry said 12 radical had been killed implicit the past day, taking the full since Friday to 15. It besides said 385 radical had arrived astatine infirmary with injuries overnight.

Iran has not provided a full fig of deaths oregon wide casualties, but has claimed dozens person been killed.

Iran's wellness curate has said astir of those injured and killed successful Israeli strikes were civilians. According to comments carried by quality bureau IRNA, helium said the bulk were women and children.

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What is the UK doing?

The UK authorities is sending subject assets, including combatant jets, to the Middle East.

While the premier curate would not corroborate to reporters that UK forces could beryllium utilized to support Israel from aboriginal Iranian attacks, the chancellor told Sky News earlier that the authorities is "not ruling thing out".

Speaking to Sky's Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Rachel Reeves said sending subject assets to the Middle East "does not mean that we are astatine war", and emphasised that "we person not been progressive successful these strikes oregon this conflict".

"But we bash person important assets successful the region," she continued. "And it is close that we nonstop jets to support them. And that's what we've done. It's a precautionary move, and astatine the aforesaid time, we are urging de-escalation."

Pushed connected the question of what the UK would bash if Israel asked for enactment with its operations, the chancellor replied: "I'm not going to regularisation thing retired astatine this stage. It's a fast-moving situation, a precise volatile situation. But we don't privation to spot escalation."