Israel will defend itself, Netanyahu says, as West calls for restraint

An Israeli soldier sits in a military vehicle near Israel's border with Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, April 17, 2024.JERUSALEM/CAIRO — Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday , as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran.

Earlier, Netanyahu met the German and British foreign ministers, who both travelled to Israel as part of a coordinated push to keep confrontation between Israel and Iran from escalating into a regional conflict fuelled by the Gaza war. More than six months into the Gaza war between Israel and the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas that has seen flare-ups across the Middle East, diplomats are searching for a way to avert direct battle between Israel and Iran.

EU leaders were due to discuss sanctions at summit in Brussels, as were G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy.Since Hamas fighters triggered the war in Gaza by attacking southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages according to Israeli tallies, clashes have erupted between Israel and Iran-aligned groups based in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

At a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, members of the al-Nouri family bellowed in sorrow and anger over bodies in body bags, several the size of small children, in video obtained by Reuters. Authorities said 11 people had been killed in an Israeli strike on the family home on Tuesday.

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