The BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, said the public are "right to be worried" as the consequences of the war will be felt for generations.

Trump calls on Israel and Iran to hold fire, but says both sides are seeking an "immediate ceasefire" as strikes strain a shaky truce.

US President Donald Trump is pushing for a peace deal to prevent a wider conflict. However, Israel carried out strikes on June 6 at Hezbollah's Beirut stronghold despite Trump's calls for restraint. War has broken out again with Iran joining in.

Israel and Iran exchanged strikes late Sunday and early Monday, marking the biggest escalation in direct fighting since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took hold in April.

Whenever Israel goes to war against those who openly promise to erase it, the international community begins one of its favourite political pantomimes. Iran threatens annihilation