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very few images have come out so far showing any damage. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. a message not of war but of warning. explosion ..that israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. after threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this morning's strike. its president didn't mention it once in his speech today. and this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. the message — "nothing to see here". other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgement of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — "lame".

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going to stop attacking any arms that are coming across the iraqi—syrian border. iran today avoided blaming israel directly, even as crowds called for its destruction after friday prayers. but israel is already fighting iran—backed groups across the region. even if this crisis is subsiding, the spark that triggered it will not. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to laura blumenfeld, middle east analyst and former senior policy advisor on the state department's israeli—palestinian negotiating team. thank you for being here, what do you make of what we saw last night in this presumed israeli strike on iran? i night in this presumed israeli strike on iran?— strike on iran? i would the scales of— strike on iran? i would the scales of rough _ strike on iran? i would the scales of rough justice - strike on iran? i would the scales of rough justice are| scales of rough justice are backin scales of rough justice are back in balance. the tangibles on both sides from the iranian strike and the israeli

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on an iranian diplomatic compound in damascus at the start of the month, targeting a senior military commander — an attack, iran said, on its sovereign territory, to which it was bound to respond. it's been a very dangerous tit—for—tat, with each side wanting to project power and land the last punch. iran had said it would respond even more harshly to any israeli counter—strike. but the fact that the presumed israeli strike has so far been limited and that the iranians are playing it down gives, i think, some hope that the two sides can now step back from the brink. but it's still a moment of huge risk and anxiety in the middle east and beyond. caroline, thank you for now. there has been no official israeli comment about the strike, but it appears to have been confirmed by the country's national security minister. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. a message, not of war, but of warning — that israel could also strike its enemy at home

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they considered it and they took it into account and they decided to do it, so there is a change in the way that they are thinking. therefore, i have to take into account that in the future they will be doing the same things, and this is the big question, because israel is not going to stop attacking any arms that are coming across the iraqi—syrian border. iran today avoided blaming israel directly, even as crowds called for its destruction after friday prayers. but israel is already fighting iran—backed groups across the region. even if this crisis is subsiding, the sparks that triggered it will not. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. our north america editor is sarah smith. sarah, president biden had warned israel not to retaliate. so what now?

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but, from where they stand now, it's a shorter route to war. one analyst says there is a lesson for the future in iran deciding to act, even when it knew israel would respond. they considered it and they took it into account and they decided to do it, so there is a change in the way that they are thinking. therefore, i have to take into account that in the future they will be doing the same things, and this is the big question, because israel is not going to stop attacking any arms that are coming across the iraqi—syrian border. iran today avoided blaming israel directly, even as crowds called for its destruction after friday prayers. but israel is already fighting iran—backed groups across the region. even if this crisis is subsiding, the sparks that triggered it will not. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.

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bbc two is now closing down. breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. so there is a change in a way that they are thinking. therefore, i have to take into account that, in the future, they will be doing the same things. and this is the big question, because israel is not going to stop attacking any arms that are coming across the iraqi—syrian border. iran today avoided blaming israel directly, even as crowds called for its destruction after friday prayers. but israel is already fighting iran—backed groups across the region. even if this crisis is subsiding, the spark that triggered it will not. lucy williamson,

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sarah smith, in washington, and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, lucy williamson is injerusalem. well, there are reports tonight that israel's defence minister has been having conversations with his us counterpart. there's obviously been a lot of pressure from israel's allies to contain this crisis and the sense here tonight is that both israel and iran may be looking for a way to avoid escalating it. but this is the middle east's most dangerous conflict and this crisis has changed calculations on both sides. a message not of war but of warning. explosion. that israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. after threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this morning's strike.

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but from where they stand now, it's a shorter route to war. one analyst says there's a lesson for the future in iran deciding to act, even when it knew israel would respond. they considered it, and they took it into account, and they decided to do it. so there is a change in a way that they are thinking. therefore, i have to take into account that, in the future, they will be doing the same things. and this is the big question, because israel is not going to stop attacking any arms that are coming across the iraqi—syrian border. iran today avoided blaming israel directly, even as crowds called for its destruction after friday prayers. but israel is already fighting iran—backed groups across the region. even if this crisis is subsiding, the spark that triggered it will not. lucy williamson,

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