{"id":150361,"date":"2024-04-19T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-israels-attack-on-iran-is-being-played-down-by-both-sides\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:00:03","slug":"why-israels-attack-on-iran-is-being-played-down-by-both-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-israels-attack-on-iran-is-being-played-down-by-both-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Israel\u2019s attack on Iran is being played down by both sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PkxTAYZng3E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Israel\u2019s attack on Iran is being played down by both sides\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PkxTAYZng3E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel&#8217;s response to Iran&#8217;s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war. <\/p>\n<p>Iran activated air defence batteries in several provinces early this morning. <\/p>\n<p>There were reports of explosions near an air base in the city of Isfahan, where Iranian state TV said three drones were shot down. <\/p>\n<p>The city is close to several important military sites, including the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, which the International Atomic Energy Agency says was not damaged. <\/p>\n<p>Even the reaction from Tehran was muted.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel&#8217;s response to Iran&#8217;s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war. 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