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By Cordelia Lynch, Sky News correspondent, in Tel Aviv

Dror Paz managed to find shelter before the missile struck, but his home, along with many others in this Tel Aviv neighbourhood, was hit.

"It's not a nice thing to see," he told me. "But lucky for us, it's just damage."

Dror says it's an old area and a quiet one. 

People rushed underground when the sirens sounded. 

"All my neighbours went to the shelters. Everyone. That's why there were no casualties."

Dror is carrying an empty cage, hoping to get back to his home to rescue his pets. 

"I have two black cats, and we're trying to get to the building to see if they're still alive. They say they have nine lives. Hopefully, this is just the first," he said.

'I'm scared but I'll be okay'

Orly Anava's home was completely destroyed. 

A video shows it covered in concrete, glass, and scattered possessions. 

She is carrying a single shoe box with a few bags - all that she was able to recover.

"I'm a little bit scared, a little bit confused, but I will be okay. If it's only stuff, I will be ok. We're strong people," she said.

There is a sense of resolve here. 

People appear almost prepared for strikes to their homes and lives. 

And many speak openly and firmly in support of Israel's moves - even those who may not have supported Benjamin Netanyahu before.

"I thought from the beginning this was a justified war," Orly told me. 

And she believes America's decision to strike Iran may help speed up a resolution. 

"I hope it will make the war a little bit shorter. But it was a threat to Israel that should be eliminated, and I hope they will do it fast because there is a lot of suffering."

We've just had a statement from the Foreign Office announcing that the government is "preparing a flight to transport British nationals and their dependents out of Israel and the OPTs [Occupied Palestinian Territories] early next week".

The UK government is launching a form for British nationals that are stuck in Israel and the occupied territories to register their interest in a flight.

Just the one is being organised for now, and "further flights will be considered depending on demand, and the latest security situation".

Israeli airspace has been closed since the IDF began striking Iran last Friday. Land borders have remained open, and the Foreign Office has deployed staff to Jordan and Egypt to assist British nationals with their return to the UK.

The one flight the UK government is currently organising will not be free for Britons - they will be expected to pay for their seat at registration.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "This is a perilous and volatile moment for the Middle East.

"The safety of British Nationals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories continues to be our utmost priority 鈥� that's why the UK government is preparing flights to help those wanting to leave.

"Working closely with the Israeli authorities, our staff are continuing to work at pace to assist British Nationals on the ground and ensure they receive the support they need."

Donald Trump's decision to order attacks on Iran may have been influenced by what happened when North Korea acquired nuclear weapons, according to a US policy expert.

Speaking to Sky News earlier, Jared Mondschein, director of research at the United States Studies Centre, said that the decision to hit Iranian nuclear facilities is informed by the "same strategy of the last few presidents" - who have all maintained the same line that it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

But he added: "We have to look at what happened in North Korea, how the George W Bush administration said that a nuclear North Korea would be unacceptable, and they ultimately decided that it was not in their interest to prevent North Korea from becoming nuclear. 

"And now we have a stalemate in the region."

Mondschein went on: "With that said, what you see here in Iran is an expansionist country that has proxy militias around the region, unlike North Korea, and those proxies were a security threat, to both the United States and Israel.

"We shouldn't forget the number of Americans, both in the military and civilians, who have been targeted by Iran.

"Let's also not forget how many Americans have been targeted by the Iranian government."

Watch the full interview below:

We're getting more pictures from Israel now, after Iranian strikes this morning.

Buildings and vehicles are damaged in a number of towns and cities, with rescue workers responding.

Iran launched the attacks this morning, in response to the US strikes overnight on its nuclear sites.

The UK and EU have released statements this morning calling for Iran to return to negotiations over its nuclear programme (see our two previous posts), with UK cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds telling Sky News that Tehran had "rejected" a diplomatic path.

But Iran's foreign minister has just responded to those statements.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on X: "Last week, we were in negotiations with the US when Israel decided to blow up that diplomacy.

"This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy. What conclusion would you draw?

"To Britain and the EU High Rep, it is Iran which must 'return' to the table. But how can Iran return to something it never left, let alone blew up?"

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged Iran to "show restraint" after its nuclear sites were bombed by the US.

He reiterated lines we previously heard from Sir Keir Starmer this morning.

Lammy also re-emphasised that the UK did not take part in the strikes.

Like the EU's foreign policy chief (see previous post), Lammy called for a diplomatic solution.

In Europe, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for "all sides to step back" after US strikes on Iran.

Kallas added that EU foreign ministers would discuss the situation on Monday.

She was in Geneva on Friday with David Lammy and foreign ministers from France and Germany to meet with Iran's foreign minister.

Israeli airspace is expected to reopen today for repatriation flights.

The country's airports authority said airspace would reopen from 11am to 5pm GMT (12pm to 6pm UK time) for landings only.

Countries trying to evacuate their citizens are waiting for the airspace to reopen fully to charter flights out.

More from the US now, where several politicians have been reacting to Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran overnight.

We reported earlier (see our 6.22 post) on two senior Democrats calling on the US president to provide more details about the strikes.

However, some Republicans have also criticised the move.

Thomas Massie, a Republican House representative, called Trump's strikes "not constitutional".

Republican senator Jim Risch also responded, albeit more positively, adding: "This war is Israel鈥檚 war, not our war, but Israel is one of our strongest allies and is disarming Iran for the good of the world."

He added this was not the start of a "forever war" and promised there would be no American boots on the ground in Iran.

Several Democrats also criticised Trump's decision, including Hakeem Jeffries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.

Trump himself ran for the office promising not to get involved in any more "forever wars".

His decision to strike Iran has proven controversial with some of his base support.

Watch our US correspondent Mark Stone explain more about MAGA's split over Iran below:

By Mark Stone, US correspondent, in Washington DC

Donald Trump has rolled the dice. He is gambling on being correct about two key variables.

First, he is banking on being right that the US military strikes have really "completely and totally obliterated" the Iranian nuclear sites, as he claimed.

US military officials have frequently said that destroying the whole nuclear apparatus would be very hard, and the more likely outcome of airstrikes would be to set the nuclear programme back.

The second gamble holds far more jeopardy. The president is betting that Iran will not have the capability, or the guts, to hit any of the many US bases and diplomatic missions in the region or to meaningfully disrupt international shipping.

His hope is that the moderates in the Iranian regime will now recognise their own strategic defeat and will adopt a position of dialogue and de-escalation.

President hopes to repeat first term success

The best-case scenario now would be a repeat of history, a repeat of a moment when Donald Trump, in his first term, got lucky.

In December 2019, he made a decisive decision to order the assassination of the then head of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani.

Trump opted for a seismic retaliation in response to Iranian attacks on Americans in the region. 

In early January 2020, Iran's most senior military figure was killed in a drone strike in Baghdad.

At the time, the region braced, and many predicted, a huge Iranian counter-attack. But it didn't come. There were isolated attacks but nothing sustained.

Two weeks ago, Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff warned that an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran would prompt a massive Iranian retaliation. He predicted what he called a "mass casualty event" in Israel. That too has not materialised.

Two ways this could go

The US president is said to have been surprised and impressed by Israel's defensive capabilities but also its offensive operations in Iran.

He seems to be convinced enough that the Iranian response in the days ahead will be limp.

He cited the assassination of General Soleimani in his late-night address to the nation. He sees that as his success - a gamble that paid off.

If he is right again on both of his new gambles - that he has destroyed the nuclear facilities and that Iran does not hit back with any effectiveness 鈥� then, just maybe, this will be a game-changing moment.

But if Iran manages even to hit one US base and kill some Americans, then the whole thing will spiral.

Watch below: Stone explains the US strikes on Iran

Trump's domestic political gamble

Trump made one more gamble this weekend. He bet that his own base of supporters will be with him on this.

He is the president who campaigned on a pledge not to involve America in far-away wars, and yet he has just dramatically inserted himself into a new one.

He now needs to show them he is right - that this was a one-off game-changing strike of American might - strength to bring peace, he'd say.

In his short late-night address to the nation, he made a point of reminding America of Iran's malign behaviour over decades - their weapons killed and maimed many Americans, he told them.

It was notable too that he was flanked by his vice-president, secretary of state and defence secretary. 

He doesn't want to own this gamble alone.