tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating with israeli warplanes firing at targets inside syria the state news agency there is reporting that several military sites including a radar facility and munitions depos have been destroyed earlier the israeli military said iranian forces in neighboring syria fired rockets at their positions on the golan heights in shell about us. air raid sounding in the israeli occupied golan heights rockets fired from syria israel says somewhere into sifted other schools damaged to the frontline positions. the israeli army is attributing the attack to the coots brigades part of the iranian revolutionary guard. iran is an ally of syrian president bashar al assad and the coalition says it didn't start this fight it says israel fired shells at the golan border town of han on a bay earlier on when stay on shoes day it blamed israel for this is a strike on a syrian army base south of damascus that killed two people. the syrian military says this video shows a firing missiles in response to israeli attacks on damascus suburbs. some people estim

iran square off the hope is to prevent further military reprisals following israel's deadly attacks on the reigning targets in syria israel claims the raids were punishment for iran's attack on the don't want the israeli government described as crossing a red line also on the program. three quarters of a million children in the democratic republic of congo a loss of nearly mt everest unicef says that of that more than half of them could die in a vast jungle region hit by conflicts between the army and government. that's what combined spectacle songs dance music and pure kids. the livestrong concerts take place and listen this weekend will take a look at the fight. and still go welcome to the program iran's foreign ministry has condemned israel's attack on iranian military targets inside syria his first official reaction came from the ministry spokesman who described the raids as a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that was conducted on what he called fabricated and baseless excuses israel struck dozens of iranian targets a retaliation they say for iranian rocket barrage against israeli positions in the

calls for restraint from world leaders as israel and iran square all after israel's deadly raid on a rein in targets inside syria all eyes are now on any possible military activity israel says it has drawn a red line and will not back down also coming up. a rare show of unity between moscow and berlin germany's foreign ministry calling for a frank and constructive dialogue. as heiko moss and his russian counterpart agree on the need to preserve the nuclear deal with iran. brian thomas thanks so much for being with us arounds of foreign ministry condemning israel's attack on iranian targets inside syria now this first first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses now israel struck dozens of targets inside syria that in retaliation for a rocket barrage on israeli positions in the israeli occupied golan heights just across the border from syria now israel's government is blaming iranian forces in syria and has accused tehran of crossing a red line. there have been growing

iran's foreign ministry is condemning israel's attack on targets inside syria the first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses now israel struck dozens of iranian targets in syria it says in retaliation for a rocket barrage on israeli positions in the golan heights israel's government is blaming aronian forces in syria and has accused tehran of crossing a red line there have been growing international calls for restraint. on its way to destroy and defense system this slowdown fitted freddy's by israel's defense force shows one of a barrel of strikes on iranian military sites in syria israel's prime minister gave the justification. of iran has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria we are engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria. israel says it strikes me in retaliation for a rocket att

condemnation from tehran after israel attacks dozens of iranian military bases in syria. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up support for palestinians in indonesia tens of thousands protest against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. a pardon for a jailed opposition leader in malaysia comes off the country's new prime minister is sworn in. donald trump welcomes home american prisoners from north korea and sets the stage for his highly anticipated meeting with kim jong il. iran's foreign ministry has responded for the first time to israel's largest attack in syria for decades israel says that it destroyed iranian basis in response to rocket attacks against its forces in the occupied golan heights an iranian spokesman called the claims baseless and fabricated harry force that reports. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircra

targets and this is a form of escalation because typically the sort of the battle between israel and iran in syria has been in one direction israel has been going into iran more times than we even know because most of the incursions r.p.m. justin and his israel doesn't hippa typically take credit for that but some people estimate that israel has made a hundred incursions certainly doesn't scores of them including just yesterday i believe in so for a while frankly i've been waiting for any iranian response and i've been away impressed by iranian restraint in syria in terms of retaliating against israel and now if reports are true that restraint is the starting to add. well the u.s. could really impose sanctions on iran as early as next week it follows president donald trump's withdrawal from the landmark international deal with the islamic republic to limit its nuclear capabilities this move has been widely criticized from london to teheran from where has this report i was the day after the united states tore up the nuclear deal iran set it on fire members of parliament into one burned a printout o

syria in an escalation of the war there. you know i don't believe there will be a real escalation i think the power between israel and syria is so skewed in israel's favor that there really is very little that syria or iran can do in syria to hurt israel we just have seen over the last few months a number of attempts by israel and iran by excuse me by syria and iran to change the balance of power slightly in their favor shooting down in israeli drone for example but israel has as proven that it if it dominates the skies it dominates technology it can destroy most anything it wants to in syria and it has done it and that's that's what we've seen recently here is that it went to yes it just was sorry to interrupt but it continues to say it sees iran as a threat doesn't it in syria i mean it is obviously concerned by iran's involvement in syria and we've just seen over the last few hours to a number of rockets considerable number targeting iranian positions in syria saying . israel isn't holding back i mean the the fear amongst many is that this could go a stage further to. well yes you're right you know israel is anxious clearl

israel has launched its biggest attack in syria in decades it's targeted dozens of iranian positions it says were firing on its territory are the two countries inching closer to war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. israel's launched its most ferocious attack inside syria since the war of october one thousand nine hundred seventy three but now the target is iran a syrian president bashar assad's ally just a day after the trumpet ministration walked out of the iran nuclear deal israel accused iran of firing rockets on the golan heights which israel occupies so iran says those claims are baseless israel responded by striking dozens of iranian positions in syria the two sides have exchanged hostile rhetoric for years but now there are signs of an open military conflict putting the region on edge we have a lot to get to with our guests but first harry fawcett reports from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of

several times bombed them bombed military bases to avoid direct will syria chose self-preservation even in iraq in the saddam era israel hit the atomic power plants whenever the zionists wanted they would break the sonic wall and attack the south of lebanon and syria iraq and other countries so far they haven't seen any response but recently they saw the f.

updating the top stories here on al-jazeera iran has condemned israel's air strikes in syria the foreign ministry spokesman said the decision was based on fabrication and baseless excuses israel said it launched a wave of strikes on targets inside syria early on thursday in response to what it said were iranian attacks on the occupied golan heights iran's foreign ministry has just put out a statement it appears to deny the israeli claim that iranian forces carried out rocket attacks against its forces because zionist regimes frequent attacks on syria under fabricated and baseless excuses it says is a breach of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of syria and in defiance of all international laws and regulations the syrian army is pushing ahead with its campaign to clear pockets of territory held by what they say are terror groups south of the capital damascus now this footage from state t.v. is said to show regime forces patrolling a neighborhood near the yarmouk camp that area is still held partly by rebel fighters and also by eisel. the syrian president bashar al assad h

condemnation from tehran after israel attacks dozens of radium targets in syria. hello i'm adrian for good this is al-jazeera life and also coming up support for palestinians in indonesia tens of thousands protest against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. it's back to court for russia's opposition leader for mobilizing antique up but protests. on the frantic search for survivors in kenya where a dam has collapsed killing at least fifty people. iran's foreign ministry has responded to israel's big. attack in syria for decades the israeli military says that it destroyed iranian targets in response to rocket attacks against its forces in the occupied golan heights an iranian spokesman called the claims baseless and fabricated kerry forces reports. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircraft installations israel says it was a response after iranian forces l

response from the israeli armed forces a real escalation in the kind of force that israel has so far been prepared to use within syria it's a message to deter any further such action and it's also making the most of an opportunity to do as much damage to rein in forces as possible israel's government has long warned of a growing threat from iranian bases and missiles inside syria it seems to have decided to act sooner rather than later and. we have of course hit all the infrastructure not all but almost all of the iranian infrastructure in syria they must remember the saying if it rains here it will pour over there and i hope that we finish this chapter and that everyone got the message. syrian state media said syrian air defenses it inserted most of the incoming rockets over the capital damascus but also confirmed that a radar station and a weapons storage site was struck. with iranian state television said syria had given a quote crushing response to. israeli attacks the strikes were carried out hours after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in moscow saying he'd come away confident that russia would not

bahrain has expressed support for israel's attacks inside syria on twitter the foreign minister said as long as iran has destabilized the status quo in the region and has exploited states using its missiles and power any state in the region including israel has the right to defend itself and destroy the sources of danger the u.s. and the united arab emirate governments say they've disrupted a large network for smuggling funds to another branch of iran's armed forces the u.s. says smugglers used companies based in the u.a.e. each funnel millions of dollars to iran's revolutionary guards could force its impose sanctions on six people and three companies the u.a.e. has put those sanctions on its so-called terrorism list. the syrian army is pushing ahead with its campaign to clear pockets of territory held by what they say are terrorist groups south of the capital damascus now this footage from state t.v. is said to show regime forces patrolling a neighborhood near the yarmouk camp that area is still held partly by rebel fighters and also what i saw. in the syrian president bashar al assa

israel has issued a stark warning to iran and syria saying that if they attempt to hit israel they'll pay the price it comes after israel claimed it destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure in syria in a wave of strikes early thursday it was in retaliation to alleged iranian attacks on israeli positions in the occupied golan heights prime minister benjamin netanyahu is threatening further action. of a bomb iran crossed a red line our response was appropriate the israeli army carried out a broad strike a very broad strike against iranian targets in syria i sent a clear message to the assad regime our action is aimed at the reigning targets in syria but if the syrian army will act against us we will act against it well iran's denied that it was behind the attacks and there's been no official response from the iranian regime but a senior politicians told al-jazeera that israel is fabricating the nature of iran's involvement in syria are a force that has more on the attacks from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest

and syria responded appropriately and that israel is in fact the aggressor and as always they're moral most likely to point out that iran is in syria at the behest of the official government of that country but we're still waiting on senior level reaction here in the heart. now says a rescue operation is underway after a dam burst in central kenya police say they've recovered at least forty nine bodies and there are reports that several others are unaccounted for heavy rain has cools patel dam in the cook county to break its banks flash floods have already killed at least one hundred people across the country and destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland and houses well the dam is part of a reservoir in a privately owned farm which has a total of seven dams irrigation when it burst a wall of water and silt swept away hundreds of homes it caused damage as far as ten kilometers away including to two schools in the town or so lie andrew simmons has more from derisive county in eastern kenya the number dead still appears to be rising and that's because no one is sure about how many

due to meet the iranian counterpart next week the diplomatic scramble comes after israel attacked iran's positions in syria in response to rein in attacks on the israeli occupied golan heights israel's defense minister meanwhile has called on syrian president bashar al assad to expel iranian forces from his country with tensions still high in the region hardliners in tehran doing little to come. to syria two days after the attacks tensions in the middle east continue to saw all heating prayers in the iranian capital a senior cleric threatened israel with destruction and all who said all if this anything foolish through race to the heights or to the ground. israel isn't meant saying its words either. have a message for assad or get rid of the iranians get rid of their forces they're not helping you they're only harming their presence will only cause problems and damage . the developments come only days after the us withdrawal from the nuclear deal many iranians see this as another provocation from israel's ally on the streets of iran protesters held by misreading death to america global leaders a calling on

falsities joining us now on the phone from jerusalem harry what's the reaction so far from both syria and israel on the ground. well as you say the syrian state media are both confirming that some targets have been struck inside syria as you say there is talk of a radar installation and i mean mission and. as far as the israelis are concerned israeli military spokesman saying that the air in the trees at this moment taking action against iranian targets in syria any syrian involvement against this move will be met with the utmost seriousness he says and so this is as hashem was outlining a serious uptick in the military hostility that we've been seeing from time to time between israel and iran targets and indeed syrian targets inside syrian territory the twenty incoming rockets or projectiles as the israeli military is calling them that took place just after midnight local time. assad media saying and areas installations on the israeli side in the occupied golan heights were targeted the israeli military saying that. is now saying it has been some damage sustained reportedly but no casualties ha

several times bombed them bombed military bases to avoid direct syria chose self-preservation even iraq in the saddam era israel hit the atomic power plants whenever the zionists wanted they would break the sonic wall and attack the south of lebanon syria iraq and other countries so far they haven't seen any response but recently they saw the f. sixteen shut down syria stood firm despite being weakened by seven years of civil war so because of that they have been considerably frustrated they are accustomed to being invaded and they never receive response be sure that if confrontation occurs surely the country who would be damaged the most is the zionist regime jamali added that he hoped the actions taken by israel by launching missiles at syria would eventually result in the liberation of the golan heights very strong words coming from iran's parliament and no matter what iran senior leaders say in coming days two things are certain that this represents a dangerous escalation of the syrian conflict where iran is heavily committed and it comes at a sensitive time in the region when iran is backed into a corner w

from yesterday saying that it was syria that was responding to repeated attacks by israel who they labeled as an aggressor against syria of violating the syrian border another m.p. who spoke told a zero had a warning for israel saying that the days of hidden run tactics are over the supreme leader said this in a recent speech as well and he warned that these actions of by israel may result in the eventual liberation of the golan heights so very strong words coming from senior members of parliament here in iran at a time when the escalation in syria where iran is very heavily committed is made even more dangerous iran has its back up against the wall with the devolution of the nuclear deal earlier this week all right thanks very much with the latest from tehran same best writing that i'm now joined by al-jazeera senior political analyst . and. israel and iran have been on a collision course in syria what is the timing of these suggest about the way that . well as. chancellor merkel said we are definitely now on the brink between peace and war in the middle east and certainly th

defense force says one of the barrel of strikes on iranian military sites in syria israel's prime minister gave the justification. the hunt let's look of iran has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria we're engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria. iran provides political and military backing to the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civil war israel fears this is part of iran's strategics expansion in the middle east. slummy tribute of the islamic republic of iran as was recently revealed by an intelligence operation is the greatest threat to the peace of mankind in general and the middle east and israel in particular. israel says its strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack on territory it occupies in the golan heights according to israel iranian militants fired the rockets from syria but none of them reach their target . if so this would be the most serious direct military confrontation between is

and syria responded appropriately and that israel is in fact the aggressor and as always they're moral most likely to point out that iran is in syria at the behest of the official government of that country but we're still waiting on senior level reaction here in the heart all right zain a live in tehran thank you. now says a rescue operation is currently underway after a dam since central kenya police say they've recovered at least forty nine bodies and there are reports of several others who are unaccounted for heavy rain cools the patel dam in a crew county to break its banks sweeping away hundreds of homes flash floods have already killed at least one hundred people across the country and destroyed thousands of hectares of found and let's get more now from our correspondent andrew simmons is county which is east of north korea also very laces and what have you been hearing. we're hearing now that heavy rains have started in the crew county and this is hampering the rescue efforts that are really really tough it's heavy everywhere around this hillside there are people in a des

right now about mission creep that should israel continue its strikes on syria it will get drawn deeper and deeper into the war that's been going on there for eight years now. one of the primary targets here is iran and its presence in syria and that has been the montreal prime minister netanyahu for many months now i mean doing oldest civil war in syria israel has said its own red lines maybe when it comes to weapon transfers to have been as israel's army has never commented on that but right now what is the main concern for israel is the rain in expense and as they call it and they see that evolve is settling their own military installations and that's what they want to stop now the israeli defense minister has said that he hopes this round of exchange of violence is over you says that many military targets infrastructure there is talk of the army has said to residents on the occupied golan heights to do to go about their normal daily lives it was to be open but of course there are conflicting interests from all sides and it's still to see whether this will deter

that israel has a pretty free hand to do what it wants in syria in order to destroy the buildup of iranian or hizbullah or syrian missile emplacements or any attempt to build up technology that could hurt israel i don't think israel has to worry much about that particularly now that president trump has taken a very clear stand against iran just for landis talking to us live from that initially thanking pleasure. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including the military lines up early for voting in the iraq election with a major issue. questions over a violent scene of an indian these imprisoned that's being called an act of terror . and the celtics reached the penultimate round of the n.b.a. playoffs they'll need to know that this has coming up the final install. now in a show of diplomatic progress three americans freed from prison in north korea have touched down in maryland u.s. president donald trump met them at an air force base near washington d.c. kimberly how could report. back in the united states it's been more than a year since kim haq s

israel retaliated, striking iranian positions in syria. war to build up a military infrastructure there, for itself and its ally, hezbollah. in doing so, it's put more hardware near israel. with the nuclear deal fragile, this is arguably a conflict ready to erupt. here's our diplomatic editor, mark urban. damascus last night echoed to the sound of anti—aircraft fire. syrian air defences tried to shoot down israeli missiles. they've had plenty of practice recently but they still didn't have much effect. it is clear that israel wanted to send a very clear message to iran. there was a mistake that israel committed after 2000, when israel withdrew from lebanon and iran used this in order to build a state within a state to increase and strengthen hezbollah and israel isn't going to repeat the same mistake in syria. israel's argument is that an attempted iranian drone strike in february using a stealthy unmanned aircraft showed that new red lines needed to be drawn. it was shot down. but as this footage demonstrated, packed with explosives. but

are said to show anti aircraft firing over the capital damascus israel says it hit nearly all of iraq's ministry infrastructure in syria and says it was responding to iranian rocket attacks on israeli positions in the israel occupied golan heights. let's see if we can pick this with a double correspondent who's monitoring developments from neighboring beirut a welcome so israel says it strikes were a response to this iranian attack why would iran be targeting that area. well iran this is a very clever move by iran iran has been under pressure to show resolve and it's to show to its domestic audience that it is not going to be taking down the israeli aggression on its assets in israel lying down opted for golan because gordon has occupied territory golan was occupied by israel in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven it is city and land israel has an extent but it is not internationally recognized by attacking golan iran is saying look we're not targeting israel we are targeting land that israel has occupied so in a way this is yes. it's a very severe confrontation between iran and israel in syria but it also a limited

israel has bombed dozens inside syria the largest attack by israel since fighting began in syria in 2011. the bombing raid came a day after israel accused iranian forces in syria a firing 20 rockets at israeli forces in the occupied golan heights. israel's military said it hit all of the ran's infrastructure inside of syria overnight, including the munitions storage site at damascus international airport in the district's headquarters of the iranian quds forces. the bombings lit up the night sky and rattled windows across syria's capital city. monitoring groups say the strikes killed 2fighters, including many iranians and five syrian soldiers. on capitol hill, president trump's nominee to head the cia, gina haspel, repeatedly refused wednesday to call the cia's post-9/11 treatment of prisoners torture and declined to state whether she believes torture is immoral. deputy cia director haspel's comments came in testimony to the senate intelligence committee as she made her case to become cia director. haspel is a 33-year cia veteran who was responsible for running a secret cia black site in

hate israel has in fact, they were fired from syria, israel has responded. no israelis were injured, though, in the attack against them. this having to do with israel's previous literary attacks against syria in recent weeks. nothing to do with the iranian deal, i was told, at a very high level. >> look, never believe in iranian. if their lips are moving, they are lying. let me a little bit more about the story and we can about other stuff. this was fired from a syrian base, iranian missiles. these are the kinds they are trying to trance chip into lebanon to get to hezbollah. the israeli air force, when we first talked about this 20 and its go, they were responding to it. interestingly enough, sean, the same base from which i went into syria with the idf in january. i think we've got footage of that. i was on the air with fox news. we were allowed, in fact encouraged, by an israeli defense official to go into syria where the israelis have built a military hospital inside syria. >> sean: i want to make sure the video we are showing our audience, that's the ex

heard you refer to israeli steps as provocative i would just say that everybody acting across that israel syria border is being provocative right now the iranians are being provocative the israelis as well it's incumbent on everybody to try to lower the tell me mr blank let me let me get to this point because i don't think there is a moral equivalence here because iranians and the russians as much as you may hate that presence in syria of their own the invitation of the legitimate u.n. recognized government you may question the legitimacy of assad as the united states has done informally but you have never sought to revoke its membership in the united nations so your government also recognizes the legitimacy of this. syrian state at least at this point of time so suggesting that iranians flying over the syrian territory throwing throwing bombs on the syrian city syrian facilities is not provocative i think this is not a fair comparison so i didn't say it wasn't provocative i said that everybody was being provocative you keep bringing us back to these legal and moral questions i would just say i

response from the israeli armed forces a real escalation in the kind of force that israel has so far been prepared to use within syria it's a message to deter any further such action and it's also making the most of an opportunity to do as much damage to rein in forces as possible israel's government has long warned of a growing threat from iranian bases and missiles inside syria it seems to have decided to act sooner rather than later. we have of course hit all the infrastructure not all but almost all of the iranian infrastructure in syria they must remember the saying if it rains here it will pour over there and i hope that we finish this chapter and that everyone got the message. syrian state media said syrian air defenses it inserted most of the incoming rockets over the capital damascus but also confirmed that a radar station and a weapons storage site was struck. with iranian state television said syria had given a quote crushing response to. israeli attacks the strikes were carried out hours after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in moscow saying he'd come away confident that russia would not pre

now the top stories that we have been following for you here israel says that it has attacked targets used by iranian forces inside of syria in response to rocket strikes on the golan heights the confrontation follows the u.s. decision to quit the iranian nuclear deal russia and france are calling for a deescalation of tension between israel and iran and french president emmanuel mccall has been awarded the charlemagne prize for his efforts to forge greater european unity called on the europeans to reject nationalism and division and in her speech introducing the prong german chancellor angela merkel said that europe could no longer rely on the u.s. for protection. coming up in just a few minutes u.s. retail giant wal-mart is paying sixteen billion dollars for indian online retailer slip cart and the world's biggest ever e-commerce deal wal-mart wants to amazon out of the potentially vast indian market monica jones is going to have all that in more an archivist this update as we mentioned coming up in just a few minutes you're watching news i'm sarah kelly in. thank you so much for company for your company i hope you have

israel believes it is already at war with iran. there are definitely iranian positions in syria. russia sat on its hands because what israel hit was not there to fight isis. they were there to threaten israel. russia sat on its hands and israel's set back three years of ink in the rgc yesterday taking out those missile factories, those missile positions, and those leaders. we support that. if you designate the rgc as a terrorist organization, you should be able to change the a f and allow the united states and israel to target militia leaders in syria when they threaten u.s. bases and when they launch rockets against israel. host: if they do not, if they remain, what is the danger of iran remaining in syria for years to come? they have a foothold. they have propped up assad. you had americans preventing in the logistical support. syria was not in a place where iran could go any do these things. that has changed. --n can freely move through -- move mious through ilitias through. iran is no longer insulated by the jcpoa. it was going to be allowed to become a conventional military p

iran says that israel's asterix in syria were based on what it calls a fabricated excuse israel says it launched the attack on thursday after iranian forces fired rockets at its positions in the occupied golan heights. but this new prime minister says the king has agreed to pardon the jailed opposition figure on what abraham who's in custody on sodomy and corruption charges that he says are politically motivated mohamad says that he plans to hand over power to anwar within two years singapore is to host the summit meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders on june twelfth president donald trump announced the date and location on twitter he previously said that he wanted to meet kim jong un in the demilitarized zone on the border between north and south korea that's where the leaders of those two countries held their first summit last month. that then protests in the philippines after the country's highest court expelled the chief justice maria lopez sano she was removed in a vote by a fellow judges acting on a government petition seeking her dismissal so i don't has been criti

pulled back from the brink calls for restraint from world leaders after israel's deadly raid on a rainy and targets inside syria all eyes now on any possible new military activity after israel drawls our redline and says it will not back down. also coming up a rare show of unity between moscow and berlin germany's foreign minister calling for frank and constructive dialogue as he and his russian counterpart agree on the need to preserve the iran nuclear deal. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us all fears are growing that a new escalation is now taking place in the middle east europe and the u.s. are calling for restraint after what could be the most serious military confrontation between israel and iran in years the german chancellor angela merkel condemned rainy and attacks on israeli positions in a phone conversation with iran's president hassan rouhani and rouhani told the chancellor that he does not want quote new tensions in the middle east those tensions were triggered when israel carried out widespread deadly raids two nights ago now they were against what it says were a rainy and targets i

an attack on israel and this is the case with syria the golan heights is not even accommodation israel and next the golan heights area so iranian troops in syria close to the borders are considered penetration into israel itself akiva eldar it is always a pleasure talking to you and i thank you for your time today we're going to try again with the same bus ravi joining us live from tehran with an update from where barry is then you can hear me right this time loud and clear the. then bring us up to date what the iranians have been pretty quiet all day what are they saying now. well exactly that's that's what everyone here has been wondering if it's really a problem of narratives it's who shot first and we've been expecting to hear from the foreign minister the presidency or the supreme leader himself or anyone in the military establishment but none of the senior leadership in the country has really come forward to speak but we have heard from members of parliament who are part of a parliamentary commission on national security and foreign policy to m.p.'s from that organization from th

israel's defense minister says that he hopes the latest round of violence with iran inside syria has ended every door lieberman says that israel hit nearly all of iran's infrastructure in its biggest attack since the war began israel says that it was in response to iranian rockets being fired at its positions in the golan heights ballasts reports . air raids sounding in the israeli occupied golan heights rockets fired from syria israel says somewhere into sifted. the israeli army is attributing the attack to the quds brigades part of the iranian revolutionary guard. iran is an ally of syrian president bashar al assad and the coalition says it didn't start this fight it says israel fired shells at the golan border town of han on a bay earlier on when stay on choose day blamed israel for this is a strike on a syrian army base south of damascus that killed two people. the syrian military says this video shows a firing missiles in response to israeli attacks on damascus suburbs. some people as. has made a hundred incursion certainly doesn't. including just just. so for a while probably i'

out, tonight, israel now striking iranian military targets in syria. these are the images coming in tonight, and remember, president trump pointed to israel and benjamin netanyahu's presentation of evidence against iran as part of his reason for pulling out. again tonight, israel now launching those strikes, they say after a failed iranian rocket attack. is this a sign of what's coming? our team was in syria as this unfolded, and abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight. >> reporter: streaks of light over syria as iran and israel, two sworn enemies, move into more direct confrontation. israeli fighter jets striking dozens of growing iranian targets in syria. the israel defense forces releasing aerial footage of a hit on a missile defense system. the camera approaches the target, then cuts out. weapons depots and intelligence sites also targeted in israel's biggest attack in syria in more than four decades. israel says the strikes were retaliation after, earlier, iranian forces inside syria fired 20 rockets towards the israeli-controlled go

on thursday, israel bombed dozens of iranian targets inside syria in the largest attack by israel since fighting began in syria in 2011. israeli authorities said the attack was in response to iranian forces firing 20 rockets at israeli forces in the israeli-occupied golan heights. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said iran had crossed a redline, though israel has offered no evidence the rocket attacks were carried out by iran. the international community must prevent the entrenchment of iran's quds forces in syria. we must unite so we can stop the evil. i repeat, whoever hits us, we will hit back sevenfold. whoever prepares to strike at us, we will act to strike at them before hand. this is what we have done and this is what we will continue to do. amy: earlier today iran's , foreign ministry said israel's claim about an iranian rocket attack is "freely invented and baseless." meanwhile, more evidence is emerging that it was israel, not iran, that began the escalation this week. "the new york times" reports an israeli missile strike on wednesday hit a village in the syrian gola

now condemning the israel strikes launched on syria. claims it destroyed nearly all of the iran military abilities in syria. no escalation in the violence overnight, but the situation remains volatile. international diplomatic editor nic robertson has more. >> reporter: dave, people are trying to figure out if iran has ended its strategic restraint. israel targeted it a number of times. iranian facilities in syria. a number of operatives have been killed. iran had done nothing to strike back at israel. after president trump pulled out of the jcpoa, the timing seems to be iran has struck back. have they stopped the strategic restraint? it is a very important question. right now in tehran, the president hassan rouhani has told the europeans if he is able to sell the iran should stay with the jcpoa and moderates should win out over the hardliners, the europeans have a short timeframe to prove it can work. we heard from president trump there with strict sanctions and most european diplomats don't think they will be able to deliver on the jc