Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes were ‘a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival’, claiming that Iran ‘could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also said that the bombardment of Iran would continue ‘for as many days as it takes’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran has been hit with missile strikes by Israel, and fired back in retaliation (Stringer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iranian state media has threatened to strike military bases and ships<\/a> belonging to the UK, US and France if those countries help Israel defend against retaliatory missile strikes, declaring there would be ‘grave and far-reaching consequences’ if these countries were ‘supporters’ of Israel in this conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UK<\/a> has not been involved in the conflict thus far, whether with Israel’s first missile strikes or with defence against Iranian retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While Britain may be among the countries threatened, Iran has said it believes the US<\/a> to be Israel’s ‘primary patron’ and argued that it would also ‘bear responsibility’ for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n US President Donald Trump has insisted that should Iran strike any American bases<\/a> in the region it would face ‘the full strength and might of the US armed forces’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran has threatened to strike military bases of countries if they’re ‘supporters’ of Israel (Wisam Hashlamoun\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n British government officials have been stressing that the UK wasn’t involved in Israel’s missile strikes on Iran, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> has called for ‘de-escalation’ of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that the UK was sending more jets to the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said: “These are obviously operational decisions and the situation is ongoing and developing and therefore I\u2019m not going to get into the precise details, but we are moving assets, we\u2019ve already been moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “So that is happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Our constant message is de-escalate, and therefore everything we\u2019re doing, all discussions we\u2019re having are to do with de-escalation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n British citizens have also been advised not to travel to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UK has said it is not helping Israel with the conflict, and Keir Starmer called for ‘de-escalation’ (Jordan Pettitt – WPA Pool \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Iran](\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&quality=1&width=3840&fit=contain&gravity=auto&url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltadef669fe090c2c8\/684ed866e57d29b711070c68\/GettyImages-2219495736_(1).jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat has Iran threatened to do to the UK?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat has the UK government said so far?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat are the potential UK targets?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n