UK Condemns Iran’s Attacks on Israel, Sends More Jets to the Region

The prime minister and the defence secretary said the attack is ’reckless’ and ’senseless,' and said the UK is working with allies to prevent more escalation.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room after Britain and Rwanda sign a new treaty to transfer illegal immigrants to the African country, in central London, on Dec. 7, 2023. James Manning/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The UK has condemned the Iranian regime’s attacks on Israel, saying it’s “reckless” and “senseless,” and deployed more jets and air refuelling tankers to the region to intercept airborne attacks.

Saturday’s attacks, launched two weeks after a suspected Israeli airstrike that killed two Iranian generals and several others, marked the first time the Iranian regime has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.