Iran says Israel's strikes caused 'limited damage'


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DUBAI/JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Iran on Saturday (Oct 26) played down Israel's overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East.

Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said.

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