Middle East crisis live: Israel will ‘make its own decision’ on Iran after UK and Germany call for restraint

Benjamin Netanyahu's comments came after UK foreign minister David Cameron and his German counterpart travelled to Israel for talks

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Here are some more pictures sent over the news wires from Rafah showing the aftermath of an Israeli strike there.

Reuters, citing the semi-official Tasnim news agency, reports that Iran's navy is to begin escorting Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea.