Former Israeli prime minister says 'Israel has to respond' | Middle East conflict

Former prime minister of Israel Ehud Barak says it's "quite clear" the region is going into a "full scale war" following Iran's missile attacks on Israel last night. However he says this "doesn’t mean that it cannot be stopped".

Mr Barak goes on to say the strikes were "major failures", and that Israel is "capable of striking Iran in a way more than Iran is capable of striking Israel".

He criticises the current Israeli prime minister on how he's dealing with the conflict, telling Sky's Mark Austin that Benjamin Netanyahu's "leading interest is how to survive in power".

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