there has been no official comment from israel, but itamar ben—gvir, the far—right national securityr, has tweeted a single word after friday's strikes, "scarecrow!", meaning feeble in hebrew slang, suggesting that israel was behind the blasts in iran, but the action was insufficient. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent james lansdale who's injerusalem. just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are? at just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are?- just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are? at the moment there is still no _ hearing where you are? at the moment there is still no official _ there is still no official confirmation from israel, where i am, for any responsibility, but as you say, israeli politicians are beginning to comment on it, notjust itamar ben—gvir, whose tweet you just read out, but that has provoked a furious response from israel's opposition leader, yair lapid, who accused itamar ben—gvir of bringing huge damage to israel's security by bringing ridicule. essentially the argument yair lapid is making is that, by using that o

itamar ben—gvir, the national security minister— ben—gvir, the national security minister in _ ben—gvirhe initial, last saturday, the iranian— the initial, last saturday, the iranian response to that israeli airstrike. — iranian response to that israeli airstrike, he said then that israel should _ airstrike, he said then that israel should go— airstrike, he said then that israel should go berserk. and his one word tweeted _ should go berserk. and his one word tweeted this morning was, people, or useless, _ tweeted this morning was, people, or useless, something like that, was the translation of the hebrew. —— feeble _ the translation of the hebrew. —— feeble and — the translation of the hebrew. —— feeble. and there are more serious characters— feeble. and there are more serious characters as well, inside the israeli — characters as well, inside the israeli war cabinet, there are retired — israeli war cabinet, there are retired generals gantz and ison cop, who wanted to have a response pretty quickly _ who wanted to have a response pretty quickly to _ who wanted to have a response pretty

not having a quote sluggish this response, but it's important for our viewers to remember that ben-gvir and others like him are not part of that war cabinet and we don't yet have a window into what that responsible be like, whether netanyahu will be heating the warnings of president biden to act with restraint, to not escalate the situation and further and to quote, jake take the win, as you said, because many are viewing this as essentially a gift or a lifeline for prime minister netanyahu changing the calculation of this entire conflict, deflecting a wave from the disasters that have been happening inside gaza, reflecting, deflecting away, also from the weekly protests does that have been gathering momentum calling for benjamin netanyahu to step down, jake. >> all >> right. and our thanks to clarissa ward. live for us in tel aviv youngest now in studio white house national security's cores, but communications adviser, a retired admiral john kirby. admiral kirby, what is the assessment? of the vitamins duration right now of how serious this strike was, was the biden administration surp

long as netanyahu depends upon the participation in his government of these right-wing zealots ben-gvir and smoke trich these individual who wants palestinians to leave gaza, who want to take the west bank and make it >> part of israel, who are anti-arab racists. i mean, netanyahu depends on their participation in his government for his political survival. is there any way forward as long as he cares more about them, netanyahu carrying more about smotrich and ben gvir, then he cares about biden look, there's there's one thing that netanyahu will pay attention to which is whether or >> not he will survive he, is a survivor. i think the first time i met netanyahu, it was back in the clinton administration and throughout that period of time, somehow he's always been able to survive. i think his biggest concern his biggest concern is his political situation in israel. there are now 100,000 people who are demonstrating an israel because they want to cease fire and they want to see the hostages exchange. >> i think >> ultimately if netanyahu does not change the way he's dealing with the situa

>> well, itamar ben gvir has been on the record saying things like that from the beginning, whether it's about gaza leveling gaza, expelling the people, whether it's about iran, whether it's about anything he isn't three missed in that coalition as is described by the united states and israel's allies and the israeli opposition. so too is smart fridge. >> and >> these are the people who are keeping benjamin netanyahu in power. however, it has to be said that it is black and white evidentiary through netanyahu's conversations with his own people with different amounts. edison's, he was elected prime minister, which i covered in 1996 for the first time he has had it on for iran. and if you remember right after the first the second war in iraq, israel also has tried to get the united states to do what it wants to do militarily against iran and so far the united states has not done that. they don't believe that there is any currency in going to war against iraq certainly, sir. certainly not. now, when the entire region is really at its worst point in living memory, there's so much confl

ben-gvir and his i'm calling from the same party minister of finance, but sell a small teach. did and i think this is the reason that last night when the security cabinet convened, it passed a vote that basically authorizes netanyahu garland and gantz to take all the decisions alone about the retaliation, which means that the more radical right-wing ministers like ben-gvir and smart bridge. were sidelined and have zero influence on where distinct we'll go from now on on the military side before we go 99% of hundreds of missiles and drones that were fired were shot down in this both a victory for israeli defenses, but also for the help that it received from the us, the uk, which shot down a great number as well. >> did this. >> and i wonder if there's a view and >> israel did this exposed weaknesses in iran's both offensive and defensive capabilities i think what a lot of people in israel saw is and by the way, it's not only the us and the uk, it was also >> jordan, who's also saudi arabia so a lot of people see that a netanyahu's claim for years that israel will defend itself

of course, they don't sit around the table in the war cabinet, but it may ben gvir bezel, smotrich, her both called on the prime minister to take a tougher line reinforced to terrence be the aggressive landlord in the words of itamar ben gvir smashed the crockery, if you will and send a very strong signal to two ron that israel won't won't take a strike on its territory like this without a response that signifies deterrence to iran not to do it again, but from iran's perspective around believes that it has now sort of turn the tables on the fact that it hasn't responded directly to braille in the past for the killing of a number of its senior irgc commander has over the past few months and other other attacks going back way before that iran feels it now has the deterrence in its hands. the deter israel from striking it. this interests in the region. so this is a moment for the, for the government here. and the war cabinet in particular, to figure out how they retake the initiative and the impression we get is that israel does want to respond somehow. but very clearly hasn't decided quit

had been delayed and wasn't yet at the cabinet meeting that he rushed to have the vote before ben-gvir came on the one hand, he could he hopes a piece. biden by making those decisions. and the other hand, avoid confrontation with one of his partners. fascinating angel pfeffer. thank you so much. come back, please. >> then the other are those who are living through this horror. my next guest was a hostage of hamas, the unspeakable events of this youngest israeli grill survived he's going to join us and tell us your story. >> that's next >> new ally in the fight against climate change. this is >> new car business blue carbon yes, need to protect nature will do the rest >> carbon >> and cnn film sunday, april >> 21 at nine. >> if you have graves disease and itchy eyes, the truth may be even more uncomfortable. people with graves could also get thyroid disease or ted, which may need a different doctor, find a ted is specialist at is-it ted.com >> so when you think about these, we find this >> look when it's time for an update or complete remodel, rebirth is with you every step of the way e

in israel , national security minister itamar ben gvir was involved in a serious car accident while theel aviv after visiting the city of ramla. there had been a terrorist attack there the day before; according to witnesses, bengvir’s car tried to get through intersection at a red light, collided with another car and overturned. three people, including bengvir himself, received minor injuries. as a precaution, the minister was taken to hospital, where he is being treated. inspection, israeli media report that bengvir's official car has many fines for violating traffic rules . in august last year, the politician already got into an accident, also after trying to drive through a red light. and now footage of a rescue from a hot house in st. petersburg, which appeared on social networks. during a fire, which happened the day before , a janitor came to the aid of the residents, the man sorted out the pipe and helped the girls get out of the smoke-filled room. in uzbekistan, his name is olimjon ibragimov, he is 48 years old, the man is reported to have been the first to notice the smoke, fir

robust, strong response to essentially reinstate a real deterrent at the same time time though, ben-gvir smoke dring, and others are not part of that war cabinet and it does seem the longer we wait, the more time israel takes to make this decision. that potentially it is pursuing a course of precision calibration, listening to the strong words of guidance that has been given from president biden at the white house, urging restraint and not to escalate, making it clear that the us would not be part of any retaliatory strike against iran at this stage. things here are getting back to some sense of normalcy, but schools will remain closed. wolf, the airport open here but in iran airports and civilian aircraft not operational through monday as everyone in the region keenly awaits and his rarely response wolf, give us a sense, clarissa of the booed, the mood in israel right now >> i would say it's remarkably calm given the situation, people are going about their daily business and it's important to underscore that despite the scope and scale of this attack, 99% of those 300 cruise missiles, b

price, but this how his coalition is so crystal strong and solid >> despite the rhetoric from ben-gvir, netanyahu's right-wing partners don't seem inclined to pull the rug out from under him just yet. scom their mother holds for new elections from his chief rival war cabinet member benny gantz, >> israeli society needs to renew its contract with its leadership and increasingly vocal criticism from the white house or drawing little more than signature defiance from the israeli prime minister can you a little shorter >> hamas, hamas hopes that >> the pressure from outside and inside, it will make israel surrender to these extreme demands. the pressure of the international community should be directed against hamas for now netanyahu is staving off early elections, which polls show he would likely lose to benny gantz, who is still >> mulling a potential exit from the wartime unity government what kind of impact you think you would have for him to leave this unity government? >> i think it will probably trigger the public reaction. the vulcano of the public bitterness and disappointment and

wing, including the finance minister bezalel smotrich, the national security minister, itamar ben gvir, both of them saying that the israeli response should be firm with ben-gvir saying, israel should quote, go crazy in its military fonts against iran. iran for its part, has said that it's attack against israel has been concluded. they have described it as retaliation for that israeli strike that. took out a senior iranian commander in a iranian consular building in damascus, but they have said that if israel carries out an attack on iran then iran will once again retaliate a very dangerous back-and-forth wolf that could quickly escalate. >> yeah, it could explode at any minute. i were watching this closely. then we'd have been is also watching this closely. he's joining us from beirut right now ben, we're getting new details about raining and officials, warnings two neighboring nations prior to these attacks, what more you learning about those conversations >> well, yes, what we learned from scott mclean, our colleague in istanbul, is that iranian officials warned the turks that this

editorial excoriating the netanyahu government in particular, national security minister itamar ben gvir quote, the first and foremost of this governments, racists are at says for tearing down the dhaka families morning attend, arresting five dhaka family members and for refusing to return the body to the family the right-wing israeli education minister is calling for tel aviv university to fire doctor are not matar who was walid daqqa is friend. she's a philosophy lecture or quote for daring to eulogize him according to haaretz i asked moshe tamam's niece or tile to mom who never got to meet her uncle what she thought of all of this she said, quote, instead of leaving us alone for the following years, the murderer, while he daqqa kept being a terrorist from his prison cell. she said he was glorified by our enemies. they teach about him in schools. they made a play about them he was an inspiration to many other terrorist who later followed his footsteps and murdered innocent victims she continued the most upsetting thing is that while we lost my uncle when he was only 19, amnesty interna

namely, itamar ben-gvir, the country's national security minister describing this as the abandonment of soldiers in the middle of war, calling this a grave mistake that he says conveys weakness. jake. all right. jeremy diamond. thank you so much. this sunday marks six months since pro-moscow invaded israel and began this horrific conflict. six months since those attacks killed more than 1,200 people in israel, most of them civilian, some of them children, six months since 250 hostages were taken captive into gaza by hamas, with more than 100 still there six months of a that rages on between the idf and hamas with tens of thousands of lives lost and no end in sight. cnn's bianna golodryga has been following for specific israeli hostage families. this one weekend, she's going to take a look at their fights to bring their loved ones home. here's a look at a piece of the conversation with the calderon family the, last message we've got, the jump from the window and hiding in the bush. and then we lost the connection >> she later learned they jumped because terrorists were tossing explosi

announcement, the reaction to this announcement, earlier today the national security minister, itamar ben—gvirght member of prime minister netanyahu plasma coalition, said without a major offensive in rafah, it would mean prime minister netanyahu would not have a mandate to continue as prime minister. ceremonies are taking place in both england and france to mark the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the entente cordiale — which paved the way for strong diplomatic co—operation between the countries. this was the scene in paris as british troops joined their french counterparts in a parade outside the elysee palace. we can see prince edward inspecting the troops. it’s we can see prince edward inspecting the troos. �* , , ., we can see prince edward inspecting the troos. h , ., ., , , the troops. it's unusual to see this and i don't — the troops. it's unusual to see this and i don't know _ the troops. it's unusual to see this and i don't know if _ the troops. it's unusual to see this and i don't know if prince - the troops. it's unusual to see this and i don't know if prince edward i the

netanyahu his right-wing >> governing partners >> outraged with national security minister itamar ben gvirhu will not have the mandate to continue serving as prime minister if he ends the war without invading rafah it's the latest layer of political pressure confronting netanyahu it was already facing a growing swell of protests calling for early elections and the hostage deal >> in the early days of the war, you really didn't feel hey, these kinds of mass demonstrations against the current government. there was a sense of wartime unity that it wasn't appropriate to protest, but now we're seeing more and more israelis coming out to protests, raising their voices against the current government and against benjamin netanyahu. >> none of us wanted to protest. we just wanted to survive. basically, how can protest? >> when you're afraid for your life, you >> might think we're not afraid for life at this moment and this is the time to replace the government. >> former prime minister ehud olmert says, netanyahu should resign, accusing him of putting the survival of his government above the intere

and yet, one of his ministers, ben—gvir , has tweeted this ben—gvir, has tweeted this morning just sayinging to be internal pressure in israel to do more , isn't there? israel to do more, isn't there? >> well, i think there certainly will be, but i think we should also give a little bit of credit to the american and british governments at this point, because they been saying to because they have been saying to israel very clearly, yes, you have a right to respond. we're not saying you shouldn't, but it in anything you do, please make sure it isn't escalates . and it sure it isn't escalates. and it does appear that netanyahu so far at least, has listened to that advice. but you're right, he will come under pressure from hardliners in his own war cabinet and more widely, to do a lot more , more than what appears lot more, more than what appears to be just a sort of sighting shot , to be just a sort of sighting shot, against isfahan, it to be just a sort of sighting shot , against isfahan, it looks shot, against isfahan, it looks as though, so far from what we understand, that israel has hee

yunis, where israeli forces have been engaged in combat over the last several weeks it's on our ben gvir, the national security minister, a right-wing member of netanyahu's governing coalition, as well as bezalel smotrich, the finance minister both of them expressing outrage at that withdrawal. and ben gvir explicitly saying that netanyahu will lose his mandate to govern for an effectively, threatening to bolt from that governing coalition if a rafah offensive is not carried out before the end of the war. and so following suit several hours later, the israeli prime minister in a video statement saying that rafat will happen and claiming that a date has even been set. now we do know that is really true. so withdrew from southern gaza, did so according to israel's defense minister, to kind of rest and refit and prepare for the coming battles. whether that will be in the north of potential escalation of the conflict with hezbollah has been on the horizon for some time but also of course potentially for that major offensive in rafah. so it remains to be seen exactly when that could happen. b

i'm thinking, for example, of security minister itamar ben—gvir, who has said that israel must rightaunch a crushing attack. he says containment and proportionality are concepts that passed away on october 7th. in order to create a new level of deterrence, he says that israel, with regard to iran, to quote him, "must go crazy". is that where you are, too? so, i can tell you that our government is a responsible government. prime minister netanyahu is very experienced. that is why i don't expect that we will take any crazy decisions, make it very clear. it is a sophisticated decision because we don't want a full war with iran. you know, we have no conflict with iran. when you look at the map, stephen, you see that iran is so far away from israel and we have no conflict with them, not about borders, not about energy. the only reason that we are in a conflict because they have a radical ideology againstjews and they are spending billions of dollars trying to destroy the jewish nations, not only in israel — worldwide. so that's why we are in a conflict with iran. so, our goal is not to st

members of netanyahu's coalition, ben gvir it tomorrow, ben gvir, the national security minister saying these were hollow western catchphrases >> and these are the right-wing elements which netanyahu, a very much beholden to an already is beholden to them. >> he needs them at the same time. they're not part of the war cabinet, right? so now today we're hearing slightly different story than agains is now saying that he thinks that there needs to be a response quite swiftly because you don't want to lose the momentum that israel has and its favor and the goodwill that israel has in its favor. i mean, think about this anderson what the conversation is today as opposed to what it was a week ago or two weeks ago, i think israel does understand that the world feels for israel in this moment to a certain extent, particularly israel's allies. and they also want understand that there aren't a lot of pressure from those allies not to escalate to find a carefully calibrated calming response that does not risk and all out, it seems hard to imagine though all these really is talked to say that there

netanyahu's far-right minister for internal security, it's ben-gvir. remember what his job is in? security posting on x >> impressive defense. >> so far? now, we need a crushing attack or compare that with israel's president isaac hertz on posting. bless you dear soldiers and commanders of the idf and iaf bless the coalition of nations led by the us. and at potters, bless my sisters and brothers the people of israel for their exceional show of resilience together, the forces of good will overcome the forces of evil will still come some us lawmakers are calling for more support for israel in the wake of iran's attacks, details on that are just ahead >> tomorrow a negative >> space for stoma, whole story with anderson cooper, the james webb telescope. are we alone? >> followed. by the two parts of an >> leo space shuttle columbia, the final flight tomorrow's starting at eight on cnn >> always dry scope before you run >> hot dog died, god makes sure it's time. we listen to science one a day is formulated with key nutrients to support whole body health. one a day science that matters

however, not all were satisfied. 0n social media, the far—right national security minister itamar ben—gvirith one word — "lame". but world leaders worried about triggering a wider regional war have been urging israel to show restraint. we are committed to israel's security. we're also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. reaction coming in all the time. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has been speaking about the situation in the middle east. let's listen to what he said. of 0f kos we are concerned and i echo the words from the g7 foreign ministers. —— mike of course we are concerned. no one stands to benefit from another war in the middle east. it is vital that the conflict does not spiral out of control and therefore we call on all parties to show restraint. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, had this asse

and protesters. officers had to escort the far—right israeli national security minister itamar ben—gvirgoldberg—polin�*s parents have responded to the video of their son pleading for negotiating parties to reach a deal. my name is rachel and this isjohn, and we are the parents of hersh goldberg—polin, an american—israeli civilian who was kidnapped into gaza 201 days ago. seeing a video of hersh today is overwhelming. we are relieved to see him alive, but we are also concerned about his health and well—being, as well as that of all the other hostages and all of those suffering in this region, and we are here today with a plea to all of the leaders of the parties who have been negotiating to date. that includes qatar, egypt, the united states, hamas and israel. be brave, lean in, seize this moment and get a deal done to reunite all of us with our loved ones and end the suffering in this region. and hersh, if you can hear this, we heard your voice today for the first time in 201 days. and if you can hear us, i am telling you, we are telling you, we love you. stay strong. survive. venice ha

all we know on this moment, in fact, is a one-word scarecrow that ben gvir, israel's national securityister, wrote on the x network. which most people understand as weak, israeli opposition leader yair lapit reacted to this. he furiously accused the benagwiras of causing enormous damage to israel's reputation. this led to ridicule. he said that no security minister had ever caused such damage to the country. and this reaction of lapide is related to the following: if this attack was indeed carried out by israel in order to send a message that it can strike in depth territories, including near iran's nuclear facilities, then the security minister's statement that the attack was a failure undermines this strategy, which is what lapit means when he accuses bangvir of undermining israel's actions last night, which looked like a modest, limited strike in response to iran's massive attack last week, without escalation, but with a desire to send iran a warning that israel could do more if telyaev wanted it. the big question in the relationship between israel and the united states now is what

announcement, the reaction to this announcement, earlier today the national security minister, itamar ben—gvirright member of prime minister netanyahu plasma coalition, said without a major offensive in rafah, it would mean prime minister netanyahu would not have a mandate to continue as prime minister. hugo bachega in jerusalem. for more on this, i've been speaking with fawaz gerges — professor of international relations at the london school of economics. he told me how he's assessing the israeli troop rotation in gaza. there is no overall change in israel's strategy in garzo. they want to have a free hand in attacking whenever they want. this is prime minister benjamin netanyahu, regardless of what happens, israeli forces will remain, will have a presence in various parts of gaza. israeli forces have been fighting for what you wrote months in khan younis. they will regroup and they want to rest. a more urgent concern for the israeli leadership is the potentialfor a war in the northern front with hezbollah. we have not really spoken a great deal about the increasing tensions between israel an

on social media, the far—right national security minister itamar ben—gvir gave his view with one wordow restraint. we are committed to israel�*s security. we�*re also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is the bbc security correspondent, frank garnder. let�*s ta ke let�*s take up with that final point. do you think this is the start of the israeli response of the end of it? i the israeli response of the end of it? 4' the israeli response of the end of it? ~ , it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. it? i think it is quite probably the end of it- if _ it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it — it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends _ it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends there, - it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends there, that i it? i

announcement, the reaction to this announcement, earlier today the national security minister, itamar ben—gvirof prime minister netanyahu plasma coalition, said... to end the war without a major offensive in rafah, it would mean prime minister netanyahu would not have a mandate to continue as prime minister. hugo bacheaa in to continue as prime minister. hugo bachega in jerusalem, _ to continue as prime minister. hugo bachega injerusalem, thank you. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has condemned a drone attack on the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said no one could benefit from such attacks. russia's nuclear agency said three people were injured when a canteen was hit, and blamed ukraine for the attack. ukraine has denied responsibility. let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv. what do we know about the specifics of this attack? the what do we know about the specifics of this attack?— of this attack? the iaea, the un's atomic energy _ of this attack? the iaea, the un's atomic energy watchdog, - of this attack? th

however, not all were satisfied. 0n social media, the far—right national security minister itamar ben—gvirh one word — "lame". but world leaders worried about triggering a wider regional war have been urging israel to show restraint. we are committed to israel's security. we're also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's bring you some breaking news from paris. authorities in france have detained a man after surrounding the iranian consulate in the city. let's show you the live pictures from near the consulate, and that was where a man was reported to be threatening to blow himself up. you can see the police presence outside there now. special police forces are on the scene, as well as the worlds media gathering, and police have asked the public to avoid the area. a police source says that a man was seen entering the consulate

we have had some ministers coming out, particularly the national security minister, itamar ben—gvir,previously been calling for israel to go crazy in its response, to restore its deterrence in the region, he said that this response appears to be too limited. so, he is the only major official really that we are hearing from at the moment, others are keeping extremely quiet about all of this. has others are keeping extremely quiet about all of this.— about all of this. has there been any attempt _ about all of this. has there been any attempt to _ about all of this. has there been any attempt to plan _ about all of this. has there been any attempt to plan for- about all of this. has there been any attempt to plan for what - about all of this. has there been l any attempt to plan for what could be a retaliation from iran to this or is the expectation that things have calmed down now and they are not particularly putting in place any special measures? i not particularly putting in place any special measures? i suppose the ho e, any special measures? i suppose the hope. having — any speci

itamar ben—gvir, the national security minister in israel, who said after the initial, last saturday,israeli airstrike, he said then that israel should go berserk. and his one word tweet this morning was, feeble, or useless, something like that, was the translation of the hebrew. and there are more serious characters as well, and eisenkop, who wanted to have a response pretty quickly to all of this, because for the as well use, showing that they are able to detertheir enemies is enough for them. joe biden and others have been trying to persuade them that they have effectively deterred them, by dealing with that large iranian attack, albeit with the help of powerful western allies, notably the united states. and so, i think that if israel doesn't lob any more missiles in the direction of iran, then i think that this probably will draw a line under the episode. or the fact that the middle east is still in absolute turmoil. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, is in finland. she has has called for a de—escalation. we have to do everything possible, that all sid

but inside israel an extra reason has arisen to prick netanyahu, minister of national security ben gvire word: rather weak, assessing the israeli response to the response. not a kind of catalyst for the situation in the region. what is the reaction of the oil markets to last news? i think at first there was shock, which gave way to an uneasy calm, now it does not seem that there is an expectation that this will develop into a wider conflict, but within israel there has been another reason to prick netanyahu, the minister of national security. wrote today on his page only one word: weakly, assessing the israeli response to the response, a kind of catalyst for the situation in the region, oil quotes, prices on the market are sensitive to any. a hint of further escalation, immediately responding with strong jumps, now it seems that the storm has passed. the really important nuclear facility is located in natanz, which is 120 km from isfahan, and by doing this you make it clear that you can reach this area and you can eliminate this threat, or at least attack. this underground uranium enric

however, not all were satisfied. 0n social media, the far—right national security minister itamar ben—gvir with one word — "lame". but world leaders worried about triggering a wider regional war have been urging israel to show restraint. we are committed to israel's security. we're also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. we can go live now tojerusalem and to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. and james — still no official confirmation from israel that it did carry out this attack? that's right. no claim of responsibility, as is customary in these kind of events, but nor has there been any torrent of denials from the israelis. what has been interesting today is how most sides have all been trying to play it down, israeli officials saying there has been very little damage, state media naming it on unnamed infiltrators, ev

the only exception was an indirect criticism -- far-right national security minister itamar ben gvir word that best translates to “lame.” but in italy, after a meeting with secretary of state antony blinken, the italian foreign minister revealed this -- >> the u.s. was informed at the last minute, but there was no sharing by the u.s. it was mere information. but i think that what happened was also the result of the work of the g7. correspondent: for 6 days, the g7 and president biden urged israel to show restraint -- to iran's unprecedented april 14 attack. with more than 300 missiles and drones launched from iran toward israel. that was a response to israel's killing 7 senior iranian generals in an iranian consulate building in syria. in public, all us officials would say today, the us didn't play any part. >> i am not going to speak to that, except to say that the united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. correspondent: and european leaders today urged more restraint. >> it is absolutely necessary that the region stays stable and that all sides refrain from f

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the national security minister itamar ben gvir says, israel deeds to quote, go crazy.k your perspective, require a harsh israeli response? how forceful of a response should it be? and would that risk a major regional escalation? >> so as i said, we don't seek war and i think that we all understand the balanced that is needed in this situation. we are holding a very intimate dialogue with our allies and i think prime minister netanyahu, he's talking to many world leaders. he had a call with president biden last night. in addition, of course, to our allies, other countries such as britain, france, and others in the region as well. we're considering it all. we're acting cool handedly and lucidly. i think they cabinet now it's convening exactly to discuss it so of course, we have as a democracy, they only democracy in the region. we have a multitude of voices, but if we look at it objectively, i think we're operating in a very focused way and a very responsible way. and i'm sure so it will be a decision accordingly that will make sure that we protect and defend the people

it's my ben gvir taking too the social, social media platform x, saying lane and he was quickly lambasted by opposition politician yellow pea, who said that this was damaging to israel while security interests, something that can be heard from tehran to washington, even neither of them actually saying that israel had carried out the strikes implicit in the statements. but yes ambiguity rather than escalation. and of course that's what all regional partners here, united states, european allies as well, have all been calling for doesn't mean the war and the tensions are over between iran and israel just means that the direct strikes and not going to happen at the moment. the red lines though, a really unclear about what prevents another strike. >> yeah, it's really what underlining ambiguous qwerty, not escalation. nic robertson said so well, thank you so much for that. so what message it israel intend to send with the strike on iran? and where does the risk for wider conflicts? dan, right now, kernel late is standing by with one that anna potential school shooting in maryland foiled. polic

it tomorrow, ben gvir posting on x lame quickly lambasted by centrist position leader yair lapid. never before has a minister in the defense cabinet done such heavy damage to the country's security it's on forgivable much& on the stakes had appeared extremely high iran's for a minister in the moments before the attack, promising instant devastating retaliation i think we first started to get an indication that wouldn't be retaliation just a few hours after the strike, i spoke to a regional intelligence source at a time, well-informed well-connected, and his assessment at that time in the early hours of this morning, what even then that iran was, wasn't going to retaliate. and i think that's obviously what we've seen happen through the day. they're both sides seem to sort of taken a strategic off-ramp here. but the red lines that were crossed got both sides into the situation. now blurred and i think the war really fundamentally the tension between the two countries hasn't really changed what has happened is for a moment it seemed that the sort of the cost of an escalation or real

between the hard right, one of the hard-right members of prime minister netanyahu's cabinet it's my ben-gvir saying lame, one of the opposition senior opposition figures, yair lapid said that that was actually damaging to israel's security interests. and that it would be heard all the way from tehran to washington but neither of them actually said that israel had perpetrated a strike on iran. certainly it shows that israel can reach right to where iran s for harm in the city of isfahan has a strategic nuclear facility where it enriches uranium enriched uranium way above previously agreed international thresholds dangerously close. some people say to making a weapon. so there is a message in the strike, but the fact that neither sayyed is beginning this up, israel's quiets, the iranians are essentially saying something happened, but let's move on it doesn't take away from the fact that the tensions exist between israel and iran. it does seem to say that direct state-to-state confrontation is not in play. that is a dangerous moment because the red lines at the two countries understood twin eac

more right-wing extremist elements of his own cabinet, like prime minister sorry, like minister ben gvird the likes of him and smotrich, who are putting pressure on prime minister netanyahu to be more sort of militant. i suppose, in his response now, the hope is that president biden's words two prime minister netanyahu will stand. he said the iranian attack was not he said the iranian attack basically was a when it didn't strike any significant targets. there weren't any significant casualties. it was basically a show of force. so take the win, don't escalate things as further. and let's start to turn down the temperature a bit. it's what the jordanian foreign minister has been saying for the last 24 hours >> and the >> hope is that prime minister netanyahu will do just that at the very least, strike some sort of moving target that is more symbolic than something that would be viewed as escalatory by the iranian regime >> what the americans be saying in the back-channels to israel and iran right now the iranians have been communicating the american, sorry, have been communicating with th

who voted against this decision those were the minister of national security that you mentioned, ben-gvir and the ultra nationalist finance minister, but someone smotrich because they knew that if they are going to authorize those three ministers to take a decision, they will not have any influence on the result. and then the result might be that there's not going to be an immediate response. and i think this is what matters right now. the more radical elements in their israeli cabinet are irrelevant to the decision making. >> jonathan, what's the significance of iran carrying out this massive attack from its home territory, as opposed to through proxies in lebanon or gaza, you posted on x this marx day one of a possible new middle east yeah, i think it is so and i think that once we get beyond the talk of what >> minister said what in the cabinet, i think that this is a watershed moment. iran came out of the shadows and for the first time, didn't use the convenience and the deniability of any of its many proxies that they have built very well and very cleverly around israel over the year

the biden administration and jeremy's reporting largely from the netanyahu government will put ben gvir aside for a second, who? it's very right-wing and called it lame or something to that extent. but just picking up on the deterrence idea that general marx talked about the intentional quiet response from the biden administration in particular, what does that tell you well, it tells me that the two allies, israel and us have different objectives and different interests here for the biden administration, it was very clear to signal very loudly, which it did through various leaks to the press that it was not interested in this becoming a wider regional war that it did not want israel to retaliate and that it did not back israel's retaliation against iran nor did it guarantee israel. >> it's help if israel went further in this, right? so kind of distancing itself, israel felt it had an interest in providing some kind of deterrence. again, this was an unprecedented attack on israeli soil, which itself was an honor a response to an unprecedented attack by israel on a diplomatic facility, wh

we've already heard from itamar ben-gvir, the country's far national security pretty minister in a one-word tweets saying lame, effectively, seeming to talk about these israeli strikes. and so there's no question that netanyahu is still going to come under some pressure from his right wing that there should have been a more forceful, more public response to this attack by iran. but overwhelmingly the israeli public wanted this response to take into consider iteration the concerns from the united states and other allies who helped in that successful air defense effort. and so it appears that balance has been achieved with these strikes all right, jeremy, and let's bring in nick paton walsh, who has been watching this from london, nyc. what can you tell us about the reaction from inside tehran yeah, look, i mean, since these apparent strikes this morning, we've had minimal information out of iranian military officials, some suggesting that three drones were shot down. >> some suggests in the explosions heard so data is for khan were essentially air defense in operation, no real transparency o

israeli officials, except for an illuminating online in span, hard-right cabinet member, it's ammar ben gvir posting on x lame quickly lambasted by centrist opposition leader yair lapid. never before has a minister in the defense cabinet done such heavy damage to the country's security it's on forgivable, much& onset. the stakes had appeared extremely high. iran's for a minister in the moments before the attack, promising instant devastating retaliation nic robertson joins is no from drew some something there have been multiple different stories about what was fired and from where is there a sense of when or if we could get a clearer picture? >> yeah i don't think so because number one is rho doesn't seem to be in the business of the moment of talking about it never mind even sort of breaking get down. is that level of detail of aircraft and munitions and that sort of thing. and the sayyed really seems to be trying to sort of pay per this over the idea that there's going to be an investigation, but no one was hurt and there were these objects that had caused them to switch on the defense sys