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Israel calls up 300,000 reservists, US warns Iran to back off

Andrew Tillett
Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent

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The US is warning Iran to stay out of Israel’s conflict with Hamas as American weapons begin flowing to its Middle East ally after the weekend’s terror attack, and as Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists for the conflict.

With the death toll climbing past 1500, including 900 Israelis, Hamas threatened to start killing Israeli hostages and broadcast the executions in response to any retaliatory air strikes that came without warning.

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Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com

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