Faced with a barrage of Iranian missiles, Britain, the United States, France and others rushed to Israel's aid. They set aside their anger over Gaza to defend it from a country they view as an arch nemesis, even as they pleaded for restraint in Israel's response to the Iranian assault.
But it could prove to be a fleeting change if Mr. Netanyahu orders a counterstrike damaging enough to pitch the region into wider war. We would urge them to take the win at this point, Mr. Sunak said in Parliament, borrowing a phrase that President Biden used in a phone call with Mr. Netanyahu.
President Emmanuel Macron of France, which played a supporting role in the military operation, told a French news channel, We will do everything to avoid a conflagration - that is to say, an escalation.
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