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Israel-Iran live updates: Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News Israel-Iran live updates: Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News
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As a final question, the BBC's Jessica Parker asks Blinken why he is refusing to discuss the events overnight.
Conceding that he is going to be "incredibly boring", the top US diplomat again declines to speak about the apparent Israeli attack on Iran. Good afternoon.
Blinken does repeat that the US was "not involved" in any offensive military operations and is continuing to work for de-escalation. It's just passed 13:00 (12:00 GMT) here in our London newsroom.
In answer to a second question about how he would characterise the current state of US-Israeli relations, Blinken says "we are engaged on a regular, pretty much daily basis". Here are the headlines so far today:
"We are committed to helping Israel defend itself and as necessary participating in its defence, as you saw just a few days ago." An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News
Tehran state media shared reports of explosions in the central province of Isfahan - home to a large Iranian airbase - but downplayed claims of an attack
BBC Persian shared footage showing orange flashes in the night sky above Isfahan and what appears to be bursts of anti-aircraft fire
Israel has not officially commented
Speaking at a G7 leaders' meeting in Capri, Italy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to be drawn on whether the US had prior knowledge of the attack and said the US was "not involved" in the strikes
Countries around the world - including the UK, China and Egypt - have urged calm
It follows weeks of soaring tensions between the regional rivals, which have already seen an attack on an Iranian compound in Syria - widely believed to have come from Israel - and an unprecedented assault on Israel by Iran
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