but israel has been — israel's response. but israel has been pointing _ israel's response.nting out - israel's response. but israel has been pointing out that l israel's response. but israel. has been pointing out that its response is in fact over a continuous series of attacks by iran and its proxies over the last year, pointing presumably to hamas and to hezbollah? yes. to hamas and to hezbollah? yes, but this was— to hamas and to hezbollah? yes, but this was an _ to hamas and to hezbollah? yes, but this was an attack _ to hamas and to hezbollah? yes, but this was an attack on - to hamas and to hezbollah? yes, but this was an attack on iran - but this was an attack on iran and iran has not attacked israel, other than in response to act by israel. so there is no point in looking for first causes. if necessary, we can go back to the abandonment by britain of the principle of self—determination for colonial peoples, when it assisted the zionist movement to gain control of two thirds of historic palestine through colonisation and war in 1948. but it does not serve any purpose

i would say israel is in very deep trauma one | israel is in very deep trauma one year— israel is inep trauma one year one. i— israel is in very deep trauma one year one, i think the shock and horror— year one, i think the shock and horror of— year one, i think the shock and horror of what happened still reverberates in society. hamas is still vowing to try to eliminate the state. _ still vowing to try to eliminate the state. as— still vowing to try to eliminate the state, as art hezbollah, and frankly. _ state, as art hezbollah, and frankly, as are iran. we have just heard, _ frankly, as are iran. we have just heard, it's — frankly, as are iran. we have just heard, it's not straight forward. and i_ heard, it's not straight forward. and i believe the only solution, like our— and i believe the only solution, like our previous speakers like timber— like our previous speakers like timber is— like our previous speakers like timber is to live side by side in peace — timber is to live side by side in peace but— timber is to live side by side in peace but a lot has to be worked out before _

israel's deteriorating global image, the world watches as the narrative shifts and israel grapples withg the main goal. indeed, the country is galloping to depreciation. if the war of attrition against hamas and hizbullah continues, israel will collapse in no more than year. هذا بشكل متعمد ولكي نفهم لماذا هناك عده ابعاد لهذا الوضعيه اولا بالنسبه لمسالح نتنياهو مصالح نتنياهو متضاربه هو وصل الى نهايه حياته السياسيه ولكنه ينشا يشغل الان منسب رئيس الوزراء ولكن على وقت محدود جدا طالما هناك حرب فهو سيستمر في اداء مهامه ولكن عندما تنتهي الحرب سيخرج الالاف الى الشارع للاطاحه به لانه رئيس وزراء فاشل فشل قبل السبعه من اكتوبر في نفس اليوم فشل وبعد هذا اليوم فشل. the myth of its invincibility tatters, israel has faced a significant setback in its economic sector due to the ramifications of operation allo flood. in fact, the economic repercussions since the conflict began on october 7th have been stark and concerning. israel's economic growth rate shrank dramatically from 6.5% in 2020. 22 to m 2% in 2023. investment levels plunged by a staggering 70%, while the overall economy contracted by 19.4% in

well, i think that israel, what _ facilities. well, i think that israel, what it _ facilities. facilities. well, i think that israel, what it did, was - facilities. well, i think that israel, what it did, was it l israel, what it did, was it essentially gave the americans what they had asked for, which was to keep the targets very limited and to keep it focused on military targets and that is what israel did, taking out air defence systems, taking out drone facilities and taking out some of the production capabilities that the iranians have their longer ballistic missiles. this was the focus of the israeli strike, it wasn't something that escalated things to the oil refineries are to the nuclear installations. and this was meant, basically, to give the iranians the ability to close up this round and not to close up this round and not to potentially have to retaliate. so the ball is on their side of the court and we will have to wait to see what iran does. will have to wait to see what iran does-— will have to wait to see what iran does. iran in some ways has played — iran does.

of israel's intentions? >> i'm sure you can appreciate i'm just not going to be able to get into the details of their call other than to say again we're consulting closely about next steps. and the continued defense of israel. >> what is secretary austin think about the potential for an israeli response here? does he, would he urge them without saying what he said in the call necessarily, but what are his feelings about the potential? would he urge them restraint? >> if you take a step back here, we fully support israeli right to defend itself. you saw a very significant ballistic missile attack by iran against israel. and so you know, we'll continue to work alongside them to support their defense. we of course do not want to see a wider regional conflict. you've heard us say that many times and we'll continue to work towards that end but we also fully understand the fact that this was a significant attack by iran and so we're going to continue to consult closely and we're going to continue to support their

should be used to condemn israel?s hall stand up as a sign of respect for the court's verdict and the most important words are prepared with appropriate legal loads to deal with israel, and in the room known as the red room, even if its words are adjusted, israel will not still accept it. netanyahu, but the mere claim that israel is: genocide against palestinians is not only false, it's outrageous, and the willingness of the court even discuss this is a disgrace that will not be erased for generations. itmar bin gavir, the zionist regime's minister of internal security. the international court of justice is anti-semitic and its decision proves that it does not seek justice. it is true that the icj's interim orders. are binding, but there are no executive guarantees for it. this claim is the point that israel is trying its best to stand on before the court's decisions. israel seeks to render fruitless all efforts and kill the motivation of the south african lawyers. they want escape the legal initiatives regarding thei

this country should support israel in pursuing i support israel in pursuing these _ support israel inn pursuing. these goals. can the prime minister— these goals. can the prime minister tell— these goals. can the prime minister tell the _ these goals. can the prime minister tell the house - these goals. can the primej minister tell the house and expand _ minister tell the house and expand on _ minister tell the house and expand on the _ minister tell the house and expand on the role - minister tell the house and expand on the role the - minister tell the house and i expand on the role the united kingdom _ expand on the role the united kingdom is— expand on the role the united kingdom is playing _ expand on the role the united kingdom is playing in - expand on the role the unitedl kingdom is playing in providing humanitarian _ kingdom is playing in providing humanitarian support- kingdom is playing in providing humanitarian support to - kingdom is playing in providing humanitarian support to the i humanitarian support to the lebanese _ humanitarian support to the lebanese citizens _ hu

israel, we will see.- face anything coming from israel, we will see. 50 are you suggesting — israel,we will see. 50 are you suggesting and saying that. suggesting and saying that israel should and will retaliate by attacking irradiance oil?- retaliate by attacking irradiance oil? i'm -- irradiance _ irradiance oil? i'm -- irradiance oil? - irradiance oil? i'm -- irradiance oil? i'm i irradiance oil? i'm -- i irradiance oil? i'm lesson is really spokesperson - irradiance oil? i'm lesson is really spokesperson but i irradiance oil? i'm lesson is. really spokesperson but they should, _ really spokesperson but they should, yes. what the iranians have _ should, yes. what the iranians have done _ should, yes. what the iranians have done tonight, what they have — have done tonight, what they have done tonight, what they have done for weeks, it is because _ have done for weeks, it is because they understood this could — because they understood this could he _ because they understood this could be the outcome, if they use all— could be the outcome, if they use all the language missiles they—

you seem to make an educated guess on around, on israel, on israel's likely response. how do you think they think israel will respond? well, i think they were very lucky related and being sure to avoid civilian casualties. i think that's been one of the reasons why in this war, israel has been condemned for the way that it has conducted as far as the degree of civilian casualties. so iran has attempted to distinguish its actions as quite different than its rails. and i think that it has also calculated not just israel's response, but the way that the other area of the neighborhood would respond. in other words, those that are in the golf, turkey, and egypt for example, which are a little by little what iran hopes is, are coming together to create or the as long as the front, if you will, against the attacks by israel in both lab and on and on god's us, so i think it expects a retaliation. i think that's what we saw the 1st time around in april. but because these were targeted very much at the military targets the response impulse will, i imagine not be one that will dr

we will do whatever necessary to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. end quote. me now is fox news trey yingst, who is live in tel aviv. trey, what's the latest? what's happening? >> yeah, jason, as we speak, the israelis are striking iran in response not only to that ballistic missile attack earlier this month, but also a variety of different attacks from iranian proxies across the middle east over the past year. israeli officials are now starting to react to the strikes that are taking place in real time. one official just texting during the commercial break, reiterating that no iranian energy infrastructure is on the current target list for the israelis. another official reiterating this idea of deterrence and how they are looking to send a message to the regime in tehran. and all of this lets us basically come to the conclusion here, what we reported earlier, that the israelis are not looking to drag the region into a broader war, but they are looking for the attacks against their country to stop. it's not just from iranian territory, but also their proxies a

all this pain has had no gain for israel. the fourth quarter of 2023 alone. public consumption expenditures saw a catastrophic drop of 90% and private consumption expenditure fell by 27%. according to data from the israeli central bureau of statistics as of february 2024. the ongoing conflict is also severely restricted access to nearly one third of israel's agricultural land, further destabilizing industry already in crisis, with its workforce shrinking by 40%. additionally, international flights to israel have diminished significantly with the number of flights down by a third since the war began, and daily flight volumes decreasing by 40%. data from the israeli central bank has raised alarm bells regarding the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict between october 7th and july 2024. during this period, approximately 46,00 companies declared bankrupcy with projections suggesting that this number could exceed 60,000 by year's end. government spending has searched to 89 billion. billion dollars a significant increase give

and defend israel. we have made clear that there will be consequences, severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with israel to make that the case. thank you very much. >> thank you, jake thank you, jake. >> okay onto the rest of our were gonna get the monitor this briefing, karine jean-pierre white house press secretary. >> now, briefing will listen to that. anderson, but i thought it was very significant with jake sullivan, the president's national security advisor, said that the attack was defeated. and ineffective. the iranian attack with all these ballistic missiles launched towards tel aviv. and elsewhere in israel was defeated and it effective. >> it's also to point out though he called it a significant escalation on the part of iran. if you compare it to the attack in april not only in april, there were i think like 185 drones use which are much slower moving, easier to knock down this was blistering missiles. i think that's one of the reasons for as far as we know, this was exclusiv

, israel will not take action against iran.eality is that whatever option iran chooses will not be without risk. the conditions for selecting an optimal option do not exist, and every option will carry its own c. iran is certainly not seeking adventure. in the region, iranian officials bear the responsibility for the security of a country with a population of over 80 million, and undoubtedly any decision ultimately made will be to ensure this security in the country and the region. on the other hand, israel has suffered reparable blows in recent structure and is historicacal behaviors confirm this claim, therefore any decision regarding israel's. normal behaviors must be taken with careful consideration and iran has always acted accordingly in this regard. shortly after the israeli attack, the iranian parliament convened a closed session to discuss the assassination of the hezbulah leader in beirot. during this meeting, law makers proposed various approaches to seek revenge and address the actions of the zinus regime. iran is d

you have arab israelis who live inside israel and are equal citizens in israel.nsider themselves future residents of any palestinian entity. they are proud israelis, the arab israelis, who live among us. that's a very, very fair point. but my point still remains that ultimately there are two peoples, one small land. the only solution, surely, is mutual recognition. absolutely. and i think we realise that the palestinians are not going anywhere, but they have to realise the same. we are not going anywhere. we are not weak, we will not be destroyed. and the fact that 70% of the palestinians injudea and samaria supported the atrocities of october 7th, that's a bad sign for many israelis. and samaria supported the atrocities of october 7th, that's a bad sign for many israelis. and i think that should change. we need to see the pa and the palestinian people distinguish themselves from hamas, condemn hamas, and then we can speak about agreements, peace treaties, coexistence. but when you see somebody who is actually celebrating what happened to us a year ago, it makes

why did hamas attack israel?ad to sound the alarm to the world to tell. them that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the zionist enemy, and a wake—up call to the international community. we had to do something that would tell the world that there is a people who have been under occupation for decades. why did your men kill so many civilians, children as well? translation: we ordered our resistance fighters on the 7th l of october not to target civilians, women and children. the objective was the occupation soldiers who were always killing, bombing and destroying in gaza. we don't endorse harming civilians. 0n the ground, there were certainly personal mistakes and actions. the fighters may have felt that their lives were in danger. your men, who weren't in danger, they were standing with terrified civilians who were sitting on the ground, and they were standing over them with weapons. that is not a battle. translation: we've all seen how the fighters went - into the houses. they spo

so it it with israel. iran has been supporting various proxy militia showed particularly in in iraq and syria that also had that had very, very close ties with kuz will offer many decades less so with hamas. but there's been some limited support to to hamas as well. and ramiz is doing this to increase their standing in the middle east where many muslims and other people in a part of the world feel like their leaders of sold the out the palestinian people. >> and are angry that their suffering so israel. graham sees this in many ways propaganda value as a way of increasing influence in the region by being on the vanguard of resistance against israel's wars and occupation, which even the most moderate people in that part of the world are concerned about. >> i know iran's relationship in standing with other nations in the middle east has been contentious in the past. how goes the greater middle east? you think respond to this? >> well, has been notable that a lot of the arab governments and the other governme

israel must deterrence should be established against it and israel should continue to be maintained in conditions of long-term gradual erosion. israel should not succeed by opening a bigger conflict front to create the conditions that the strategy of resistance in its long-term and gradual sense will turn into an apocalyptic battle, a sharp conflict scene, which in fact, the israelis' bet is that in this bigger conflict, the american and the powers the world will also enter in some way and a stage will be created that will remove israel from the torture of the resistance strategy and will remove it from gradual depreciation . the israeli target will be imposed, i am not saying that it will happen, i am saying that israel is looking for such targeting, the horizon must be clear in front of me without losing the strategic path of the islamic republic of iran to the islamic revolution and the resistance in the region and the palestinian resistance by maintaining the necessary macro strategy of deterrence in against israel and the war machine. israel must be created from lebanon to other c

the israeli publication israel admitted this fact about launching legal campaigns against israel. according to the report, many countries will cut off ties with israel based on the ruling. adding this is: a dangerous snowball that the enemies of israel will widely exploit in the media and provoke public opinion against israel. the hebrew daily further notes that such a pressure may even force the us government to stop supporting israel in the war. the concern the daily raised was realized after months and the us sought to protect itself from the fallout of israel's behavior which had legal repercussions. the uprising of words can continue, an international fact-finding committee can be established to monitor the implementations of the icj's rulings. according to the ruling. issued by the icj, the israeli regime is tasked to avoid destroying the evidence that proves genocide. the committee can become a media arm to ensure the implementation of the clause of the ruling at the hague court. in the fourth geneva convention, it is explicitly stated that collective punishment is forbidde

it surprised israel, then shocked it, then rocked it. it brought to the foreground the plight of the forgotten, pipotal shift in the fight for freedom and dignity. it was in revenge for in. and blood, it was operation also, in the shadows of history, terror was born, legacy of fear that echoes. through the centuries, from the streets of paris to the battlegrounds of apartide, a fight for freedom. the struggle intensified and heroes were labeled as terrorists, and in gaza, new chapter unfolds, resistance or terrorism. "the us and israel have their narrative, but what is the truth, who is the real terrorist? keeping you up to date with world news every half hour, on press tv. how many more resolutions have to be violated, how many more children have to be annihilated, this is not a war, it is systematic.

response that does achieve casualties in israel, israel will likely respond again. netanyahu has been quite clear in the past about viewing iran as the primary nefarious actor in the region. in the past he has not been content to only go after the proxy groups. that is what people are fearing now, and all-out conflict between israel and iran here. sonali: ian, thank you for your time. bringing more breaking news to our audience. following those comments from the idf's forks -- spokesperson, the spokesperson saying that rockets have been fired at israel and they are noticing sirens as well. we will bring you more as it comes. we of course have limited information. the idf spokesperson said that the attack might be on a wide scale. the idf has instructed residents of central israel to stay near shelters. we are now going to bring in paul salem for more on the middle east, vice president of the middle east institute in washington. we are of course getting information throughout the day as it comes, but since this morning, since the white house communicated this attack

so more sides than just israel against hamas, israel against hezbollah.fighting with iran because these are proxies of iran. and what we mean by proxies is these are, terrorist groups that are funded , trained groups that are funded, trained and equipped by iran to project iran's influence, often in a malign way , in that part of the malign way, in that part of the middle east. so in that sense, yes, they are at war, even though the two governments really have not exchanged fire, really, between each other until april of this year, when iran responded to what they said was the israeli military killing two of their generals in the syrian caphal of their generals in the syrian capital, damascus. and then we saw that very significant response from iran of missiles and drones going into israel. israel responded in kind, but then they effectively called it quits and moved on. but now, of course, all bets are off, really, as to what exactly will happen. there will be an israeli response. there has to be, but it depends on what that response is and whether it's

and could israel now vowing to retaliate, could israel target iran's nuclear sites? >> reporter: well, at this point, david, my sources tell me they don't really know what israel is going to do. they're waiting, they will probably get some sort of heads up before they respond, but they are worried about how broad a response. i don't think they're concerned at this point that they will hit nuclear sites, but it is certainly possible, but given the fact there was not major damage, they're hoping that israel tamps it down. >> david: martha raddatz, thank you. we'll see you for the vice presidential debate tonight. >>> in the meantime, of course, this escalation in the middle east is effecting the race for the white house. tonight's consequential vice presidential debate, likely obviously to face questions about the crisis in the middle east, as well as the issues right here at home. we're going to carry the debate live here on abc, 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, mary bruce on both campaigns, reacting swiftly tonight to the dangerous turn, with iran and israel. >> reporter:

"oh, he's killed israel. i mean, i think strategically israel's finished. um, what we're looking right now is noise, the the key thing we have to look at is long-term economic viability, because from that comes social stability, political stability, military security. um, you know, we're in a situation right now where netanyahu has launched the conflict against tesbula, iran just put a marker on it saying, we're not going to let you destroy hisb, we're not going to let you go in that direction. um, the purpose of..." conflict was to return six uh 6,00 or 60,00 israelis to their settlers to their homes in the north of israel, they'll never be able to return home now, it just isn't going to happen void of a comprehensive peace settlement which will cost netan yahoo's job because it'll be inclusive of a cease fire agreement with hamas which he said will never happen um so you netanhu has basically sacrificed israel for his own personal political ambition he uh desperately wants to you know leave office. with legacy of that of a winner of victor, this is the ul

missile defense shield, and it wasn't just israel, israel had the assistance of the united states, uh, the united states navy, and american uh, thad systems, the jordanians reactively and all bragging about how they shot down one or two uh missiles. so you you basically had the world's um densest, most sophisticated ballistic missile shield being exposed as utterly useless, and this is a signal in and of itself to the israelis, because they are talking about retaliation, and if israel retaliates in a significant way, iran has already reloaded all 180 plus launchers that were involved in the first one, they have others in reserve, remember right now iran is also holding loaded pistol against the head of the united states, letting the united states know that "if they get involved in any offensive action against israel, aladaid air base and kater will be destroyed just like nevatim was, there's no defense against it, alasad air base and iraq will be destroyed just like navatim was. uh, there's no defense against it, and we, they iran may strike uh, the the american naval base in bahrain,

israel needs the united states in order forits to function, israel is like bully that needs a bigger israel is the you know the flexed muscle of the united states in the region, without israel, american plans, american hijomy, american political intrigues um will will not prevail, i mean the united states would... lose to to other big competitors, namely china and russia and iran as a regional power, so they need each other, the difference between both of these entities is that israel is leading a more extremist version of existing american foreign policies. israel wants to see kind of hastened american strategy being implemented in the region, total hijaman and forcing the normalizations on the... i mean, if you, if you watch netanyahu's last speech at the united nations general assembly, he wasn't saying, we extend our hands in friendships to our arab, potential arab allies, no, no, he is. saying that they will, it's an imposition, imagine someone is there to threaten imposition of normalization, diplomatic ties, it's either that or what happened to those you know pesky iranians an

then since october 7, 2023, the us has significantly supported israel. this includes military equipment and supplies, vedoing un security council resolutions, $12 and a half billion dollars in military aid, just in one instance, and the military presence. like the us's gerald r. ford on your own in reference to the picture. next, the prelue to the video that you're about to see where australian people have reacted to 650 pages of palestinians killed by the israeli military in the gaza strip since october 7th, where the first 14 pages were babies under one year. so i want you to hold these for me and i want you to tell me what you think these are. can you look at this and tell me what do you? think this is, what do you think this is? honestly no clue, i don't know, is it some kind of voting thing number? so these are the names. of all the palestinians that have been killed since october 7th, it's the names, the birthdays of the people that have been killed since october 7th in gaza. and finally, another video, since october 7, israely officials have made

israel under attack by iran.t is quiet in this moment. >> as trey mentioned a couple moments ago, we don't know the size and the scope of this yet compared to the attack earlier this year. i do have that same alert system having been in israel not long after october 7th that tray and everybody else does. it's almost like the entire country is red in terms of alerts. you'll recall the last time that iran did this, there was some 300 project times that were fired at israel. combine the united states and jordan, the u.k. and israel, took down i think 99% of those projectiles. as you pointed out, we have seen some hit the ground. the air defense -- >> harris: john, i'm going to interrupt for a second. is this live that we're watching now? i know we have the ability to show previous video. we're hearing sirens right now. when this happens, john, we ask that our team -- you heard trey yingst call out his photographer, randle. they're going to pull back. we'll watch and listen. let's watch. >> again, clearly another att

israel was then — the hawks in israel said, "we need to hit iran even harder now."rom the west, there was a restraining hand on israel, and they did a kind of token hit on an iranian nuclear site, or close to a nuclear site. you must have been watching with real interest to see how israel had instilled its deepest agents in all sorts of ways, not only in iran, but also, of course, in hezbollah. they've really gone through those organisations with tremendous ability, haven't they? they have, they absolutely have. it has had a chilling effect, i think, on hezbollah, because, you know, how do they communicate now? they don't trust mobile phones because they know that they can be hacked and tracked by israeli cyber specialists. do they go back to walkie talkies? well, those blew up, as well. so, it's not easy for them to communicate. so, yeah — and when it comes to iran, you're absolutely right. israel clearly has the mossad, israel's overseas spy network, has a network of people who are working for them, whether they're iranians or others. but they clearly have a netwo

the last year since october 7th has come from israel, even though since 2007 israel has broken 35,00 times the un resolution of 1701, so israel is doing all of this and they haven't stopped it in the last 15, 20, 30 years and they won't do anything about it now, the only way i believe we can help these people, of course it needs pressure as much as we can from the outside, but ultimately it's going to rely on the indigenous people. to protect and defend themselves and exhaust the zionist entity until it realizes that it's self-destructing and that's what it's doing right now, more killing and more destruction does not mean it's winning to win a war is to achieve objectives of war and they haven't been able to achieve achieve any of these objectives of war. now the shoe that has not dropped is the iranian shoe when it drops if it drops it will be with heavy thud. do you still expect that shoe to drop, do you expect it to be a significant uh game changing moment uh, or do you uh think that the current stasis will continue visas the now serial uh crimes that israel has committed against

israel, israel defends itself. i call for the last half-hour, waiting and listening to the program, in the safe room for the israel defense forces told us what to do. we were responsible. we understand that iran attacked israel with such a horrific type of barrage and i was in my safe room as i listened to fox news with one of my kids. i say that because right now there will be an israeli response. i don't know how it will be but there will be an israeli response. that is as far as i'm concerned part of the initiative we are on. we are not allowing -- not hezbollah, not iran, not the proxies to define the rules of the game. it's been way too long that they are the ones that lead it and i'm very happy as an israeli that we are on the initiative, having said that the last 45 minutes were not fun at all. >> sandra: thank you very much for joining us on our breaking coverage. as we continue to learn air spaces are close, but we are getting some word the israeli militaries decided to let -- permits him to leave protecte

ironically, israel dismissed the accusation as baseless. on january 26th, the icj ordered israel to do everything in its power to stump the genocide in gaza, but refrained from issuing a siss fire order. however, it made no difference. as this regime does not heat any rulings or resolutions, as january drew to a close, there was no hope for an end to the genocide in gaza. the headlines rocket barrages strike israel's bases and settlements, including major military intel base near tel aviv. israel's indiscriminated strikes kill more women and children across gaza, raising the death doll from the regime's genocide to over 41,900.

the rockets streaked through the sky and began raining down on specific targets in israel. after penetrating the iron dome, inflicting extensive damage and casualties, it instilled a profound sense of fear, prompting thousands of israelis to urgently seek. refuge, but this was merely a diversion, the prelude to meticulously coordinated operation. as the resistance fighters, aided by first-person view drones and grenades, systematically seized dozens of observation towers held by the israelis, their complex operation unfolded. in the next phase, over 25 barracks and outposts fell under their control, achieving all their objectives with impressive success. in this critical phase, they captured the karim shalom military sight, leading to the destruction of several merkavar tanks and the apprehension of their crews. many of these tanks were from the site, and numerous seas trophies were transported back to gaza. simultaneously with paragliders, they managed to bypass the formidable israeli military fortification. erected along the gaza borders and launch assaults from unexpecte

the student israel will take all necessary measures to protect the citizens of israel. as we previously made clear to the international community, any enemy that attacks israel shouldn't expect a painful response." that's just in from the international spokesperson. as we continue to get reaction. the world will be watching to see what the initial words are from the white house when this briefing takes place shortly after we know that the president and vice president, trey, convened in the situation room at the white house. >> absolutely. the americans understand the israelis will respond in some capacity to attack this large on their country and they may be in close communication about how exactly they will respond. there has been this escalation ladder over the past year. all parties involved have been trying to avoid a broader regional war because the consensus was that it doesn't actually benefit anyone to go to that war. slowly and surely, this conflict has escalated from what started as an attack on october 7th, hamas entering southern israel and the israelis ente

damage in israel, israel responded by bombing iran.ck tonight was much more serious. israelis are going to wake up tomorrow and there is considerably more damage then we have seen so far tonight. there is a possibility some military bases were hit hard. in my report you saw. restaurants, large craters in the road. this is as i said, unprecedented and prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said iran will pay. we don't know when israel's response is going to come but you are almost certain it will come. >> that is john donnison in jerusalem tonight. i think the international community's focus will be very much on how to de-escalate this. it has been something they have been talking about for the last few days and weeks but of course those conversations at the highest level behind closed doors no resemblance to what we are seeing on the ground here in the middle east at the moment. we have heard from the foreign secretary, from the u.s. president joe biden. everybody calling for a cease-fire in the middle east but it is no doubt a dangerou

of israel. and 99% of those were shot down by a coalition of israel us, uk, france jordan and so on. israel felt compelled and how to respond but there ——israel felt compelled it had to respond but there was a limited response by israel, a symbolic one. it hit a radar post. but subsequently, there have been two major assassinations both laid at israel's door. the other is a hamas political leader into ron in the heart ——the other is a hamas political leader in theran in the heart of the reigning capital, as he had just finished attending the inauguration of iran's new president. israel didn't say they did it but everyone believes that it was mossad. israel's external spy agency, and then of course the assassination in beirut a few days ago, beirut a few days ago, of hassan, the hezbollah leader. iran said two right that's too assassinations we can't let this go unanswered. so they say it is self—defense. they are claiming article 51 of the un constitution and they have fired all these missiles a

israel. the islamic revolution's justice space ideals and its anti-western sentiment resonated with lebanese shias leading to a burgining connection between hezbollah and iran. iranian support provided hezbollah with ideological backing, military training and financial resources crucial for its establishment and growth against the israeli occupation regime. an iranian-based expert on lebanon. hamey this is not solarly due to ideological and belief related issues, there are also geopolitical reasons. as we know, hizbullah is at the forefront of the fight against the zionist regime. if hezballah is defeated, israel will expand its attacks and invade other countries. wars israel waged against syria on egypt and its attempts to occupy their lands in past decades illustrate this supporting hisballah from this perspective means countering israel's excessive ambitions. tehran is well aware of this issue and will make the best decision regarding it. throughout the 1980s and 1990s, iran continue to bo

iran knows if israel puts— israel. iran knows if israel puts its— israel. if israel. puts its mind to it, it can do infinitely— puts its mind to it, it can do infinitely more _ puts its mind to it, it can do infinitely more damage - puts its mind to it, it can do infinitely more damage to l infinitely more damage to around _ infinitely more damage to around than _ infinitely more damage to around than iran- infinitely more damage to around than iran can - infinitely more damage to around than iran can do . infinitely more damage to| around than iran can do to israet _ around than iran can do to israet so— around than iran can do to israel. so that _ around than iran can do to israel. so that is - around than iran can do to. israel. so that is something perhaps— israel. so that is something perhaps staying _ israel. so that is something perhaps staying the - israel. so that is something perhaps staying the hand i israel. so that is something perhaps staying the hand of israel. so that is something - perhaps staying the hand of the iranians — perhaps staying

well they want to expand into a great israel don't they? they invaded in 1982 they were kicked out in 2000 and kicked out again in 2006 so mean what what happened in 2006 mean you can you can read this in some in some of the uh the us military accounts of what happened in 2006 and and how happened what eventually happened was that - that hezballah defeated the occupation forces in 20. si with simply 3,00 men, now they had more men, they had they had reserves, but they didn't call them up, the the israelis called up their own reserves, but hisb decided against calling up their reserves and they defeated the the whole of the occupation forces with 3000 men in south lebanon. well patrick, what do you think the role of the united states is in all this war? certainly the israelis would like to uh believe that they are the masters of their own destiny, and i think in terms of the internal propagandizing of israeli society and of the sort of the world jewish diaspora, many of them zionists that look at israel as their kind of last resort homeland,

am israel chai. israel will stand, israel will win, goodness and love always win. whole world can see, that israel is waging war in the most brutal manner, bombs are raining down indiscriminately, destroying in large quantities. in palestine alone , israel has killed 42,000 people in a year, wounding nearly 100. gaza has turned into a scorched, uninhabitable pile of rubble.

if israel chooses to go directly, what could israel- people.a quick look at that. tehran is around 2000 km away from israel. any retaliation would probably involve israel's sophisticated air force for the meanwhile, iran's nuclear programme has been seen as a threat by israel for many years now and it has targeted before for the key facilities leaked to the programme include but some are buried deep inside mountains. they would be hard to penetrate and eva bunker buster type weapons khartoum is actually doing that even an important facility for the around is one of the worlds largest producers of the worlds largest producers of oil with exports worth billions of dollars every year. could they be a softer target with their extensive field on the west and south of the country? one particular site ships some 90% of the countries crude oil exports for the other option could be israel hitting iran's ground doing background missile defence system. or even potentially cyber attacks as we saw earlier we heard from the prime minister keir starmer. he's

israel says there will be israel. israel says there will he a — israel.y response. they are currently under the jewish new_ are currently under the jewish new year, but when that finishes _ new year, but when that finishes in 36 hours' time, there _ finishes in 36 hours' time, there could well be an israeli response _ there could well be an israeli response against iran, in which case _ response against iran, in which case iran— response against iran, in which case iran has said they would retaliate _ case iran has said they would retaliate and that is why everybody is fearing escalation.- everybody is fearing escalation. ., . escalation. tom, you are “oininr escalation. tom, you are joining us _ escalation. tom, you are joining us from _ escalation. tom, you are i joining us from washington escalation. tom, you are - joining us from washington and it would keep it current, we will get into america's historic support for different countries in this region and wired is the way it is, but when we look at what happened with the iranian attack on israel, what

israel so far confirmed the deaths of at least eight of its soldiers. early were joined a barbie. correspondent mediam saw that and she brought us up a speed on latest developments in israel's aggression against lebanon. we have three strikes from israeli warships as we are uh reported reportedly seeing that they fired at several targets in the southern suburbs of beirut uh and we've noticed how it seems the israel are on every night almost targeting. two three residential areas in different places, different neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of beirot um, today we went and had a closer look, very quick close look at the destruction that occurred the night before, and we saw up close how the things that were targeted or the areas that were targeted were only residential buildings, and today once more there will be seemingly more attacks on residential. the root is used only for civilian purposes when it comes to the issues of ground invasion as a military, it seems that up until now the israelis have attempted various incursions into south lebanon a

hukumat israel.ojections suggesting that this number could exceed 60,000 by year's end. government spending has surged to $89 billion dollars, a significant increase given the circumstances. meanwhile, investments across all sectors have plummeted by 60%. with the technology sector alone, experience. a decline of 37% or roughly $15 billion. the tourism sector has also faced an unprecedented collapse with visitor numbers plumeting from 5 million to just 2777 and the decline continues. a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development shows that israel's economy underwent the biggest slowdown of all member states. from april to june. according to the report, the israeli gdp was projected to grow 3% in 2024. the bank of israel now predicts a growth rate of 1.5%, and that's if the war ends this year. these alarming statistics paint picture of a regime, grappling with profound economic distress amits the deepening crisis of international credibility. and support. to top at all, israel

israel isn't one of them. israel is strong. israel is independent. they are a vital ally to us, and we should be standing with them. you know, when they chant death to israel, they also chant death to america. and you know, when israel is surrounded by enemies the way they are, what they've been able to pull off militarily and with their intelligence, i think will be studied for probably the next 200 years, especially if you look at taking out the top five leaders of hamas. nasrallah, the head of hezbollah and he's been the head for 32 years. when you get all of the soldiers for hezbollah and you find their pagers and simultaneously blow them up, they have pulled off some unbelievable intelligence and military maneuvers i never thought i'd see in our lifetime pretty impressive. your last thought? yeah. hugely impressive. listen, this is israel. is everything you would want in an ally, sean, i think this is so important. they're a vital ally to us. they share our values. they share our principles. they are strong. they are independent. and right now,

israel. i lived in israel in high school on an exchange program. the israel was just treated like a core part of being that you so you didn't prayers and you did is around the israel something that i feel so passionately about like it's you know it's, it's my greatest passion and everything. israel. i became a jewish educator after my daughter started cuba school started teaching 2nd grade during the years i did 4th grade also and just to be able to start them on this wonderful journey. i mean, if you, but it's gets in your blood and leave teach is real. if the day school very well. we introduced them to the food into the music, into the culture in addition to the history and the geography. figure out which one is the israeli flag? draw a circle around every time you see the symbol of the state of israel. try your own symbol of the state of israel. we also celebrated holidays, obviously. so konica is really independence. all of it together have separate as real in judaism. i don't know. i can