was an israeli attack on iranian territory in the province of esfahan. we are told by iranian officials saying they defeated the attack, that their air defense systems worked perfectly and that they have not suffered any damage. we're also hearing from our own jennifer griffin at the pentagon that u.s. sources are saying this was deliberately a limited, careful retaliation by israel for the attack on israel by those hundreds of iranian drones and missiles over the weekend. we will have continuing coverage right here on fox news of these dramatic developments in the middle east. >> we're coming right back with more. and israel has struck back at iran. eyewitnesses say explosions could be seen and heard overnight close to a major air base in the iranian province of esfahan. the extent of the damage remains unclear at this point. hello, everyone. i'm jonathan hunt live in los angeles with ongoing coverage of what is dramatic breaking news in the middle east. the israeli attack, which a u.s. source tells us was limited, is in retaliation for last weekend's l

there are a few more details coming in, and iran news agency has reported a blast in the city of esfahan reported a blast in the city of esfahan close to the airport. —— isfahan. iran reports that flights to tehran, isfahan and shiraz and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended. an iranian source tells reuters that its air defence system has been activated in the region. it was activated against, quote, "an object suspected to be a drone". in newsagency telling officials there had been three explosions heard near an army base in the city's north—west so we are getting more details coming in and we will continue to update the story as we get it. joining me live is mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. it's great to have you on tonight with us as we get these details about a potential what we believe to be an israeli missile strike on iran. as you are hearing these reports coming in, what details stand out to you?—

military source that the israelis conducted a limited strike overnight in the iranian province of esfahan. the strike was meant to send a message to iran but not drag the region into a broader conflict. we understand that inside iran the airport is reopened in tehran, the iranian capital, after some civilian flights were diverted as this incident was taking place. iranian state media trying to play down what took place overnight, saying that their air defense system intercepted anything that was fired into iranian airspace and that ultimately the explosions were simply their air defense system working. we also know inside israel there are no concerns about an immediate iranian retaliation. israel's home front command, the organization responsible for communicating threat level to civilian it, has said that there are no special instructions following strike overnight, although israeli forces do remain on high alert, understanding there could be surprise attacks from iranian proxies across the region, from places like yemen or southern lebanon. >> jonathan and trey, the international atomic

martyr zahedi is from esfahan. spiritual family and grew up as one of the commanders of the holy defense for 8 years . and from the age of 15, he participated in the war in kurdistan and everywhere, and before me , it was not a war for a constructive jihad that hazrat imam he was ordered to build houses and baths in the so-called village in the name of allah , the most gracious, the most gracious, la hawwala qutt, alas, with allah , the most high. being an army in the front and really played a big role. from 84 to 87, he was entrusted with the command of the irgc ground forces. mr. zahedi's strong point was his antagonist. the next point was his indefatigability. despite various injuries. despite his poor physical condition. it was hard for me. and inconveniences he had a lot of body. in terms of spirit and preparation. his successful performance in various customs took him beyond the borders of iran and he became one of the senior commanders of the resistance front. a personality like mr. shahid zahedi is present

esfahan is a site where there is a response of annexed -- reports of an explosion. it is a city known to have a number of military bases. it is believed to be one of the cities that iran launched its april 13 attack on israel from so it would seem to be a natural target but in terms of what has actually been hit and if there are casualties, those details have not come in but we are just trying to find out this gopro of what appears to have taken place or is still taking place as we speak. haslinda: it has been decades long shadow war. the concern is that war is coming out into the open. what are the risks of that? what are people saying right now? bill: there had been a lot of pressure coming on the israeli prime minister after iran's barrage of drones and missiles last weekend. to have israel not really respond or not respond in forest. netanyahu and other top officials said they had to respond in some way. it is the nature of that response that people will be looking at carefully. there will be a big difference i think between striking or destroying a runway at a

esfahan in the east of isfahan province, south khorasan, especially in the north of sistan, baluchistanorasan, rozavi, parts of semnan , we have heavy rains, which is likely to run off.

scenes before israel came, jews and muslims everywhere , in many different places in iran, tehran, esfahaniraz and all over iran, all over our islamic world. we used to see such scenes and it was a natural scene so we hope that once this protest movement and the students who gathered in different american universities in the past days, what is it? what do they want? i saw that they have a board, they have four requests, the first one. the second was to create financial transparency so that those who support the israeli occupiers can be identified. the third is to condemn racism and genocide. it was the israelis, and israel should actually be the birthplace of these demands and should only criticize and condemn the racism of israel's genocide. the fourth demand was that the accusations against the arrested students have arrived in america and those whose suspensions will be lifted and the suspended ones will be able to return to their classes . you are the state of israel , while this state presents itself as the state of the jews , precisely because we are jews, precisely because we are je

the first image of the israeli attack on esfahan. they also published the picture of isfahan nuclear facilities and said: before and after israel's heavy attack, anyone who can find a difference will get a prize. now we all said, "you 've been hit. yes, you don't like it," a user named gildekht wrote, guys. i found a broken quadcopter , you don't know who it belongs to. some users compared the punitive operation of hama sadegh with the operation of the zionist regime. i thought it was a ballistic missile, but it was small. the bird loved you. netanyahu has named the regime's operation khande sadegh. what you order and what i deliver to you are from night to morning. they don't sleep in the shelter because of fear, we get up in the morning , we make jokes about their attack, we are not the same , of course, the reactions did not end here , other images were shared among users, including these images after the recent attacks. see all the power, the defense system does not want a snake is enough for the attacks of esqatil, and the user

parts of chaharmahal bakhtiari, the southern half of esfahan province, parts of the northern parts ofs province and yazd pointed out that tomorrow's rains can create conditions for floods and flooding, more than khorasan razavi. the northern region will be south khorasan and south sistan baluchistan. so tomorrow it will happen in a weaker form, but it will still happen in parts of the eastern part of our country, especially razavi khorasan and parts of south khorasan and the southern parts of north khorasan. we expect, although in the zakros slopes areas of isfahan, north fars, yazd and kerman provinces will have scattered showers in the afternoon due to the growth of boiling water. tomorrow, the persian gulf, especially in its eastern parts, the strait of hormuz, and the western parts of the sea of ​​oman will have rough and turbulent waters. wind is also a dominant phenomenon that can lead to a decrease in air quality in areas of the southeast of our country . good night. heavy traffic on most of the country's roads. police chief rahor said: due to the possible fall of traffic in ch

lemondis farse in esfahan, kale, mazandaran , guest of zavahne bayat in tehran, from palaye neft abadan is catering. like kerman and mahram , they are facing each other in the city of quds. all the teams that advanced to the final eight teams have found their original composition and we can see very interesting games in this stage of the competition. the quarter-finals of the premier basketball league will be held in the form of three wins out of five matches and the top four teams. advance to the semi-finals. amir rafati, radio and television news agency. yes, we saw this report together. in this report, amir rafati presented the complete explanation to your presence. but there was talk of the premier football league in the first part with mehdipourhosseini and it is supposed to be let's talk more about this with the good expert of our program, mr. yaqub hasli. mr. hasli, you are very welcome. i say hello. regarding the games that will be held today, let's start first and the whole of these weeks of the league, which has more sensitivities, is getting closer. tima. they are going to wi

the imam to form basij, public education was very well coordinated and active he had a wide area in esfahan province for training and other facilities, and he had a far-sighted and far-sighted view that this honorable martyr believed that the forces of the revolution would immediately. they should also receive specialized training. well, at that time, based on the communication with them and also my honorable brother, major general safavi, it was decided that there are about 30 people in my mind for 23mm defense training, and they will be assigned artillery and missile centers as well as training. sam6 this topic i am talking about is from the beginning of 1958 . that is humble, with the coordination that we became responsible for the group to go see these trainings, which is the first we used to enter those military centers. before the revolution, it was not possible to enter. martyr seyed shirazi arranged a meeting between us and our friends who were supposed to see this training and the dear ones of the army who were in that center of isfahan artillery and rockets at that time. . arrange

will not fall to the ground with the death of one martyr and dozens of martyrs martyr zahedi is from esfahanortive of the province , that is, he was a real province, and he was in the wars from the age of 15. he played a really big role in the front and in 1984-1987 he was entrusted with the command of the semini force of the irgc. mr. zahedi's strong point was his antagonist. the next point was his indefatigability. despite his various injuries, despite his poor physical condition. it was hard for me. and he had many physical discomforts. in terms of spirit and preparation and presence in different regions , he did not allow himself any fear or shyness. his successful record in various customs took him beyond the borders of iran and he became one of the senior commanders of the resistance front. a personality like mr. shahid zahedi is present in the management of battalions, battalions, brigades, and then the army. error and tested. he organized the collection of his management problems in the main management in resistance. that is, with a bag of management experience, with familiarity with

mazandaran and golestan provinces, also parts of qom province, parts of chaharmahal province bakhtiari, esfahanzd, kerman and northern areas of fars province. the surface of the plate is orange. the forecast issued for tomorrow continues to rain in the central parts of the country as well as in the eastern half of the country , and we predict that there will continue to be showers and thunderstorms and sometimes strong winds. there is a chance of hail. on thursday , the rains will be limited to parts of the east and south - east of the country. let's have a warning as i told you the meteorological orange level has been issued , there is a possibility of flooding of public roads, roads and seasonal river flooding, so we recommend that you avoid traveling and stopping on the banks of the river and climbing to heights in the next two or three days in the areas that serve you. i tried to avoid it. regarding the temperature situation, i should also say that a certain decrease in temperature has happened in most regions of the country. we predict that this drop in temperature will continue for the ne

south of esfahan province and the southern half of yazd province. to the intensity of the rains , the meteorological organization asked the compatriots to stay away from the rivers and streams in these areas during this period. dear nomads, especially in these areas, be sure to refrain from going to the height of livestock grazing in the high areas, as well as the rivers of these areas, which we mentioned separately, and the roads in these areas, especially the transportation roads, will be slippery, and stones will fall from ko. we will keep in mind that the conditions will not be suitable for fishing . we have strong winds. since the beginning of this water year , the average rainfall in the country has been reported to be 153 mm , which is 20% less than the long-term period. the flag bearer of these reductions this year since the beginning of the agricultural year has been hormozgan province with 59%. second was kerman with 48 and now fars province is the same. in the past one month, this is the third red warning issued by the meteorological orga

keshani, the chairman, is on the opposite side esfahan chamber of commerce is present. mr. keshani is against the closing. i request your presence on thursdays . i am in favor of closing on saturdays. on our side, mr. babai karnami is present, who is on the opposite side. i would like to thank you for your presence and say hello to both the guests of the program . yes, in the name of allah , the most merciful, the most merciful, with greetings and courtesy to the noble nation of iran and you dear guests of your program chamber of commerce and thank you for your good program . alhamdulillah , i have a very good review of the main issues of the country. well, this issue of organizing weekend holidays is one of the issues that has been discussed for some time in the government, in the parliament, in the public discussions of the society, in the media and from the point of view of various experts, a serious review is a serious review, and therefore, from this point of view, we are paying attention. that the honorable government sent a layer in line with the implementation of th

areas of esfahan province , its southern regions, especially the entire regions of kerman province , as sistan baluchistan and hormozgan province will have rain. these conditions will continue in south khorasan province and probably yazd for tomorrow, but the warnings we issued are still valid at three levels for tonight. until tomorrow , the red level warning in the southern parts of sistan province balochistan led to heavy rain, heavy rain , strong wind, and probably tag. it will be the same for tomorrow, with less intensity, but at the orange warning level, the rains will continue in the eastern and south-eastern parts . we have orange levels in parts of kerman province, parts of sistan baluchistan and hormozgan provinces, which are still flooded. we have the public roads of river flooding and rising water of seasonal rivers in these areas. gradually, this rain system will leave the eastern borders of the country on friday and in areas from the north to the north. west of alborz slopes and slopes in central zagros, we predict rain for friday afternoon . we will talk more about thi

preliminary promise. answer not emotionally, but intelligently, attacked the iranian air base near esfahanmediran called it a toy attack, and who are you, please tell me, who are you, no, who are you, and who are you, and you saw, well, you saw, you saw everything, and you also saw everything, and you everyone saw it, you are all witnesses, what will happen now, what will i do with him? he's also unlikely to like him very much. after six months of resistance, the us congress decided to pass a ninety-five billion dollar package of military aid to israel, taiwan and ukraine, 2/3 of which is intended for ukraine. because failure in ukraine is not just there losing the elections is a disaster for the american world order, so there will be no freebies for us, we will have to do everything ourselves. however, goodbye. this was mikhail leontyev's original commentary, we continue. floods in the tyumen region on the ishim river, rescuers had to dismantle the pedestrian bridge in order to then blow up the jam. the water comes quickly, almost a meter in 12 hours. now the level is above 10 m. the hist

. >> the demonstrations erupted hours after an israeli strike targeted iran's esfahan province, home to the natanz nuclear facility, a plant used to enrich uranium. the apparent retaliation to an iranian attack against israel over the weekend was meant to send a message to iran that israel can reach out and touch close to nuclear facilities. a well-placed military source told fox news. reports indicate an airbase was hit with israeli missiles, as iranian military leadership claimed without evidence that explosions heard in the area were caused by successful air defense interceptions. >> i think the iranians will likely call it a day no cruise missile attack, no ballistic missile attack. and, you know, they they they wanted to call it a day, obviously, after after the last attack on saturday night. but the israelis weren't going to put up with that. i'm hopeful. that's that's where we are american and israeli officials had very limited reaction to the strikes overnight. >> but secretary of state antony blinken reiterates that the united states stands behind its key middle east partner

military source that israel is responding to iran with these very targeted and specific strikes in the esfahan region. that is roughly 200 miles away from the iranian capital of tehran. this is significant because not only is it close to the capital, but also near the nuclear facility. we should mention the site was not hit in the strike appeared to target the nearby iranian airbase. but really clearly shows that israel has the capabilities to hit this area and hit it when it wants to. as it stands, iranian media has been downplaying the strike. i haven't reported damage from the strike or direct impact. relieves only comments we heard from iran, there were explosions heard and that was caused by iran's air defense and intercepted three drones and it has not identified a potential source of this strike. in fact images from state media and iran appeared to show life resuming back to normal after there were some flights canceled in the early morning hours. so far, no comments from the israelis. we are learning by reuters, senior iranian official said iran has no plans to strike back immediately.

a sound heard early in the morning today in esfahan was not an explosion, it was our powerful air defense suspicious object. it caused no damage at all. reporter: which is apparently how both iran and israel wanted it. israeli officials refused to claim credit. the only exception was indirect criticism. the far right security official tweeted a word that best translates to "laying. -- lame. but an italian official revealed this. >> the u.s. was informed at the last minute but there was no sharing by the u.s., it was your information. i think that what happened was also a result of the g7. reporter: for six days, president biden and the group of seven industrialized countries urged israel to show restraint. to iran's unprecedented april 14 at attack with more than 300 missiles and drones launched from iran towards israel and response to israel killing seven senior iranian generals in syria. in public, all u.s. officials would say today is that the u.s. did not play any parts. >> i'm not going to speak to that except to say that the u.s. was not involved in any offensive operations. reporte

we have what we are being told was an israeli attack on iranian territory in the province of esfahan. we are told by iranian officials saying they defeated the attack, that their air defense systems worked perfectly and that they have not suffered any damage. we're also hearing from our own jennifer griffin at the pentagon that u.s. sources are saying this was deliberately a limited, careful retaliation by israel for the attack on israel by those hundreds of iranian drones and missiles over the weekend. we will have continuing coverage right here on fox news of these dramatic developments in the middle east. >> we're coming right back with more. and israel has struck back at iran

knew that would happen in the other thing too, we believe there is a drone production facility near esfahan that turns out to have been one of the targets come with that is a clear message from israel saying to iran, "we will not tolerate these drones." they have been very careful, very precise, very powerful in the strikes carried out again iran. it is, however, historic and don't forget and this chess match, there is another player and that is china. >> todd: let's extrapolate on that. how does china play into what we saw last night? we know china and iran have formed along with some other countries, this new axis of evil. about specifically with regard to what we saw last night and what we saw earlier in the week when iran attacked israel, how does china play into all of that either from our minute perspective or response perspective? >> it is a diplomatic peace and china came out a couple of days ago and said, we are deeply concerned, which i translate to, we don't care one little bit. china bought all of iran's oil and china is really part of the reason, the main reason economically th

eyewitnesses say explosions could be seen and heard close to a major air base in the iranian province of esfahan. the extent of the damage still unclear this hour. hello, everyone. i'm jonathan holmes, live in los with ongoing coverage of the dramatic breaking news in the middle east. the israeli attack, which a u.s. source was limited, is in retaliation for last large coordinated missile and drone attack on israel. iran has so far downplayed the situation, claiming its air defenses defeated the attack. and a senior iranian official has also told reuters that there is no plan, immediate retaliation. we head first to fox news correspondent trace live in tel aviv and leading our coverage once again this hour. >> hello, trey. hey, john. good evening. we do know, according to a u.s. military source, that the israelis struck iran overnight, targeting province just south of the capital of tehran about 200 miles. now, the iranians this morning trying to downplay the incident, saying the only explosions were from the country's air defense system and that they don't know who attacked them. a clear indica

nuclear the iran israeli nuclear site is so that the israelis responde d by going right back after esfahan and places like that which were the iranianer sites are located and kind of raised this level of nouraniw understanding how serious is a gun. and you made an interestining hg point. that's really true. you know, american deterrence and americantr leadership is goe in the region. remember, this is a president united states have very r thiss th clearly to iran, dont follow by secretary of stateolle blinken, don't follow bysecr secretary of defense ashton don't. and theyetof defence often did. and then he said the same thing under response by israel. don't go there. you've had it.t def you know, you've succeeded by defeating them. don't go there. dohere. eveleatim no, that just shows you the level of american importance. ie the region is greatly diminished. so now you're trying to figure out, well, who's going to lead us to this point where we and you talked about the iran nucleao thisr capabilities, whol going to push back and actually try to defeat that facilitacy or bring thoseeh faci

and it's, esfahan is worrying. and it's, esfahan is the centre of iran's nuclear program.ld say that the world should be very worried if israel. i beg your pardon? if iran develop that nuclear, strength that can then threaten, nafion strength that can then threaten, nation states around the planet, so the fact that the fact that israel has made a strike on that sends out a signal, i think, and i think that, you know, the planet should be behind them, i don't think that the i think the saudis will be happy enough with that response. i think the other sunninafions that response. i think the other sunni nations like egypt , that response. i think the other sunni nations like egypt, oman, the uae and others, i think they will be reasonably, settled by, israel's response this morning . israel's response this morning. >> okay. mike, shira, good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed, let's try and get a us perspective on this, because obviously, the united states, a key player, a key ally of israel, a us political analyst, doctor roger gewolb joins us. rogen doctor roger gewol

esfahan.hat the night explosions in iran were the work of someone, but at the same time they say that israel, for strategic reasons, is unlikely to take responsibility for an attack on iran. now in israel, amid the exchange of blows, they are asking the question: what will happen next with the war in gaza? biden is trying his best to contain israel, he is not letting us end the war. we will return to the main topics of the week very soon, but now the news is saturday, which , as always, is being followed by yulia bekhtareva. navadem in the investigative committee stated that everything those involved in the death of izvestia war correspondent semyon eremin will be identified and brought to justice. a russian journalist died the day before in a special operation zone near the village of priyutnoye on the border of the dpr and zaporozhye region, where he was preparing another report. at that moment, the film crew was attacked by a pilot who dropped ammunition. semyon eremin was 42 years old, he