the, the, this is the w use lie from berlin, israel under direct attack by around the israel says around launch to more than 200 drones. and to me, so i was against it, but many have already been shot. siren silent across israel with explosions. heard in jerusalem, the us again pledges are in cloud support for israel, but the united nations is calling for restraint from all sides, the

unpopular phone in the us. welcome to the program. we begin with the aerial a sold launched by a run against israel. the israeli army says more than $200.00 miss wilds and drones were fired from a run. most of them is files have been interest septic by israel, and the us, u. k. and jordan have also shot down drones, air raid sirens have signs that across israel and explosions of being heard in jerusalem. the rainy and revolution regard says the soul is in retaliation for an attack on its consulate in syria, which killed several generals. it's the 1st time around has we launched a direct military attack on israel despite the decades of intense hostility? well, just before israel officially and 9th, the attack had started as ready, prime minister benjamin netanyahu released this message for the 1st row, the citizens in recent years and even more so in recent weeks, israel has been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from iran or defense systems are deployed. we're prepared for any

scenario. both in defense and attack by the state of israel is strong. these really army is strong, public is strong, as well as being widespread international condemnation of the reigning an attack president joe biden repeat, repeated americas are implied. support for israel un secretary general antonio batavia. she criticized what he called 8 serious escalation by iran. he called for restraint from all sides. germany's foreign minister and a bad luck also condemned the attack and offered solidarity to israel. the u. k. has voted to stand up for is ready. security. prime minister wishes to knock says britain is working with partners to help stabilize the situation. let's go to jerusalem now. where do you to view correspondent tanya kramer? it's standing by for us, tanya, good to see you again. can you give us an update on the attack and watches israel's

military set? this is really military released some more details on the ongoing events, as they said, they said a in deceptive and majority of the weapons. the a missiles among then they said, a talked rooms, dozens of ballistics and cruise missiles, outside of is rose, a border of some of them about $200.00 a they said where short in total, but only some of them were actually hitting inside israel. the also heard here in jerusalem, shortly before 2 am local time, the air raid sirens went off as in other parts of the country. and we could hear some of what sounded like a into sections of the spokes person of the is really military. didn't say what the

target was, the only said that there was one hit on the military base, but there was only some damage. but you know, from the and emergency services that one child was injured. critically apparently may be from, from shrapner. we don't know more of the details now. they also said that they worked together with partners or strategic partners that didn't really specify with at home and also into sections or taking days of course, or with the help of the arrow defense assistance, mainly the arrow but also others. but you can still hear at this moment also, and for the past hour, so this tight digits in the air and the army has also made it very clear that this is seeming to be an ongoing event, and that they are on high alert. tanya, however, as res, dealing with the current situation, i mean, this is an unprecedented attack. i mean, there has been a sort of showed

a war going on between israel and yvonne for many years, but now this escalation has become a reality. and i think, you know, many are now there were told to stay near shelters and some of the areas that is now being told they can go back home or, or, or stay out of the shell just, but still this is ongoing. and i think the, the problem right now is nobody really knows how this will end and what it will, what else it's really involved. because no, of course, that's the question how these really government will respond to that. they have set off the threats of being issued by the iranian regime after this attack on the consulate in damascus. that whatever attack with the retaliation would come as it comes directly from iran and not just through yvonne's proxies. such as has been now, is it who is this in yemen or the munitions in iraq, but directly from iran?

israel will respond in full force. so everybody's of course no waiting. also what is wrong will decide. and how is it coming? i was with unfold incredibly tens times. thanks tonya tonya kramer in jerusalem. but they don't new corresponding to how much tre to is in the lebanese capital. they rude. he told us a little earlier, more about the reaction in the lab and on to around launching an attack against israel. explosive. i just received a report on what appears to be the drums and the size of the independence coast and the city is this. the needs for the verification, but living on the actually announced that it has closed it's s paste and presently due to the escalation in the region on the front, on the 1000 front with it as well. and this one has been active since october 8th, that nothing an unusual way over the past 2 days, i would say,

but we just received reports at the cost board of selling between has blah and these were 80 or me as intensified. and the last a couple of hours, the run, the induct militant groups announced that it targeted the error of defense basses into golan heights. meaning that this taught at some of the tennessee with the a talk that you're on launched against israel this night is the right. and also is using extensive a fire force to strive positions inside the cells independent. alright, is that then a further escalation of the situation and there in that region, it means that as the law has already been enforced in, in uh, this conflict since uh, october, the 8, it's been trading fire with as well the the since how much launched the

dentist, the dentist's, a talk on this well, and on october 7, the party is a key member, as you may know of the so called resistance access along the f o. c. as in the amount of the popular mobilization in the rock and how mazda and gus are, they all receive fund and, and logistics support from. uh you don't know what, let me do it repeatedly said that it does not want for the escalation uh with this right. and that the, the, the, the com bucks that its engaging with is right on this front is only in support to the, uh, as, as he says. but the party is the engaging in combat with these by the army on the, on a daily basis. so far now, are they willing to escalate the situation? uh further this question is the remains that remains unanswered. uh, but we would have to wait and see how is royal response to the unprecedented attack by your on tonight. also, how much briefly, if you could,

how are the general population there in lab and on dealing with that what, what's happening at tonight or when the definitely disrupted the life of, of the been, he's a big definitely there's a sense of fee and things like it all over the country bates nights are usually widened and busy. it hasn't been the case last night and tonight it's significantly column or since yesterday, as everyone was anticipating this attack, a couple of hours ago, people have been rushing to petrol stations to fill their car tanks. i've, i've, i've seen the, the, the queue was on patrol the station and this is out of fear of a possible escalation to coming a few days. everyone is watching the situation very cross at the end up in a time to have it mohammed straight to and they route let's go to washington dc. now we're, we're joined by ben. i'm ben tele, blue 8 senior fellow from the foundation for defense of democracies. thanks for

joining us here on dw, this is an unprecedented move by around yes, pleasure to be with you. unprecedented in historic, you know, for almost 4 decades these veronica, public of iran had been fighting a shadow war with the jewish states. you know, they have been chanting for over 4 decades to israel. they put their money where their mouth is, but now it really is indeed coming out of the shadows. too quick reasons why it's unprecedented. number one, these loaner cars look has never fired projectiles like a ballistic missiles, for example, from its territory publicly against is really territory number 2 in the public ballistic missile operations that the regime has been gauging in at least 11 or 12 since 2017 for example, it has never struck a defended target. for example, all the places the ron did strike with ballistic missiles, iraq, syria, pakistan's,

were undefended targets against aaron missile defenses. so israel, in fact, as one of the countries with the most advanced, layered air and missile defenses making an exceptionally hard target for these missiles. which begs the question of what were the russians hoping to achieve? was more of a test run? was this an attempt to layer drones and ballistic missiles, lots of operational questions here. and the biggest one is indeed, how well israel respond, correct? how well is route respond, but tell me this, what did you make of the type of attack? it's given israel. plenty of time to prepare, right? in some way, you know, the runnings for a little over a week and a half had been publicly telegraphing that there would be an operation. and the 1st phase of the military operation that commenced was with lower and lower flying drones. some had read this as an attempt to give these release time to repair. but i actually think that would not be the case,

the firing of drones 1st and marrying it with ballistic missiles later is because the flight time or some of those ballistic missiles can be as short as 8 to 12 minutes to traverse over about 1600 kilometers for the drones to avoid existing here in missile defenses. and how does the terrain they fly over it indeed might take several hours. so the pre firing and the publication of the drones, right? i don't think was an attempt to prepare israel to make this rag less successful. i think it was an attempt to parent together with a higher in classifying missile. alright. what's being said in run very interesting. well you've had lots of pro, really media, semi official media and media related to the i already see caring essence, full copy paste of these long and probably sharing guard core press statement. essentially saying that yes indeed. this was a public operation, they are claiming success. they are claiming military targets was truck. so there was a fair amount of braggadocio in the running press leading one to believe that this

read this operation as risky and bold. and you know, game changing as it was also was intended to signal, resolved to a domestic audience as much as it was looking to signal resolve to a for an audience. are we seeing a change in iran's approach to the decades long hospitality with israel are slowly we are seeing an approach to how these law make republic. i've run educates that hostility with israel. so my think today have been looking at the missile strikes and the kind of embracing of the over the past year with israel as the ron moving full force out of the shadow is i don't think it's full force out of the shadows. it is marrying the existing, a symmetric threat that the regime poses and slowly layering on elements of this conventional thread architecture. the regime is trying to have the best of both worlds here. and that's why i think even though these realize were very successful at intercepting the vast majority of these project house,

the regime is not done with, you know, marrying these threats up together and trying to dangle the capability to respond to israel as a sort of damocles now we're running out of time, but at briefly, if you could at what do you expect from around proxies in the region already, there are allegations that the shield malicious iraq had attempted to fire late attack cruise missiles. that is real. that's reported, but not confirmed that has the head slowly begin to also earlier in the day fires some rockets over the border. i expect them in case there isn't, is really over its military response to begin to feel feel like. yeah. and the question is, if america does get more involved directly, i think though she and malicious with most of the and targeting american assets phenom benton, i blew a senior fellow from the foundation for defense of democracy in democracies in washington dc. thank you for being on the don't genius. thank you. all right, that's all we have time for this hour. we'll be back again in the next hour with

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