to be able to pronounce it, so they begin here these are like this... the command of the israeli defense forces idfsing the security situation , decided to increase calls in military cases from among reservists for air defense units, that is, they understand that after everything that is happening there will be attacks, that is, if the germans are calculating the scenario war, understanding modern realities, they are aware of the scenario, i would not want to link the israeli topic with the german one. based on this, we need such and such air defense systems, so many specialists, so many intelligence officers, such... well, that is next comes the counting. volodya, i have a very short answer, a second before you said that americans do not understand chinese logic, so consider that in this dispute the germans are the americans, and the russians are the chinese, they do not understand this logic and they don’t understand what will come after this, i don’t mean all germans, i mean politicians, no, it’s just very important, that’s why i say what cities they are in, because if they want to fight, they m

drones, 30 cruise missiles and about 120 ballistic missiles that is according to the israeli defense forces. the idf adds that with u.s. assistance, 99% of those projectiles were intercepted and a few of the ballistic missiles hit inside israel causing slight damage. to an israeli air force base. a young girl was injured in the attack is according to the idf, in a statement this morning the israeli defense minister said that israel quote thwarted the most significant wave of the attack and did so successfully. it is the first time iran has ever conducted a direct military attack on israel. in a statement, iran's u.n. mission says the attack is a retaliation for the april 1 idf strike on an iranian consulate building in syria. 12 people were killed in the attack including seven high- ranking members of the iranian revolutionary guard. iran's foreign ministry called yesterday's drone and missile strikes quote self-defense and side of the u.n. charter as a legal basis for conducting them. iran considers the matter concluded but that if israel makes quote another mistake to expect a more severe response

drone strikes to israel, more than 200 were launched earlier today according to the israeli defense forces. the idfs they have intercepted the vast majority of them. they add that the vast majority of those intercepts occurred outside israeli territorial boundaries. nbc news is reporting that the u.s. has shot down some of the drones and is prepared to shoot more down even if they threaten american assets if they are of any danger to american assets in the region. president biden back in washington d.c. tonight. he's been monitoring the situation from the white house and he spent time in the situation room with the national security team amid concerns about iran's next move. the national security meeting wrapped up after about two hours, and that's where we start this evening, and brie jackson is in washington, and what do we know about the actions after the national security team meeting? >> reporter: good evening, jose. we know the president rushed back to the white house for the meeting with the national security team but he was still receiving updates about the situation until the middle east. a

attacks towards israel, more than 200 rounds launched earlier today, according to the israeli defense force. the idf says they have intercepted the vast majority of them. meanwhile, president biden is back in washington tonight where he just spoke once again with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, after meeting with his national security team throughout the afternoon. no word on the specifics of the call that we will keep you posted as soon as we get any details of that. president biden has cut short his weekend retreat in delaware to consult with his national security team on iran's attack on israel. nbc brie jackson is with us this evening from washington. any update on what the president's call with the prime minister of israel was all about? >> good evening, jose. we're still waiting word from the white house to give us more detail about what happened during that call, but we know that the president did speak with israeli prime minister netanyahu by phone this evening, that phone call followed that high-stakes meeting of the president had with his national security team. inside the white

israeli wars. you were called in by the idf the israeli defense forces to give them some advice, what did you tell them? >> i was asked to do an independent assessment as part of a group of retired american military leaders about how we would assess the effectiveness if you will of the idf activities in gaza and what i saw was the military, very professional attempting to minimize casualties but i also saw the military that perhaps needed to step back and think about what was it doing to ensure the security and safety of the citizens of gaza now the israel had removed the previous mechanisms of security and stability in the form of hamas and govern gaza and the importance of humanitarian aid in ensuring the aid not only enter gaza but made it to the citizens of gaza and needed it wherever they were located in trying to support the international effort that is trying to ensure the safety of the well-being in the sanitation and health if you will of the displaced palestinian cities in gaza as a result of israel's conflict with hamas has been forced to leave their homes. jack: is like colin powell yo

israeli defense force to protect all civilians from being injured or killed. this the responsibility of the israeli defense force. and they obviously failed here now, this convoy was coordinated with the idf, the israeli defense force knew it was passing through there. they knew the route. this was all or organized. and then to lose to lose track of it doesn't doesn't wash i've had convoys at world food convoys or other targets and we were told to make sure nothing happened to. so you devote attention to it and clearly if the leadership and the idf was serious about protecting against collateral damage and casualties like this, something like this convoy would never been had. >> all right. so there was an article today in a british newspaper, the guardian. it was about ai and how israel is using it. they say to target. so a senior official, the idf is taking issue with many points in the article, kernel learner. i just want to read one thing that he's taken i think issue with. he says no hamas individual was automatically approved for attack with an expected 15 to 20 casualties. now i'm presuming he's talking generally not specifically to this incident obviously what stood out to me was t

israeli defense forces. what is the situation there now? >> good morning. indeed, the idf continues to be posed for any threats against israel. what happened is a unity of reasonable players against the diabolical plan of iran when they fired over 300 rockets, explosive drones missiles towards ies cruise missiles this is a serious act against israel. what happened israel and aerial defenses and ability of the u.s. military and british military and air force and french air forces as well as other players in the region, are very, very clear message to iran it won't go. together, united, we saved israeli lives tonight. >> will you respond. >> that's a very good question. what we are looking towards the government today and the government will convene later today and they will make their decisions. and they will instruct the military accordingly. we will, of course be preparing for any eventualty and developments required. of course, this is a very grave attack against the state of israel by iran. but it's not although it's different, it doesn't change the reality that we have

force amended by the chief of general staff. the defensive capabilities of our air defense system and of the israeli air force aircraft managed to show military and technological supremacy of the idf. thanks to all this, the iranian attack, as it was planned, was intercepted and thwarted. regretfully, a 10-year-old girl was severely damaged from shrapnel. we send her our wishes of quick recovery. except for her, as far as we know, there haven't been any other casualties. yet, this event is not over yet. we are prepared for any further developments and scenarios. the instructions of the home front command continue to remain in place and that means no educational activities can be held. if there are any changes in instructions, we will update you immediately with transparency and responsibility, just as we did over this past night. we will continue to do the exemplary behavior in israeli home front was impeccable and we need to continue to operate without any panic and with responsibility. we will do everything we can for the israeli population to receive information in the quickest and most relevant possible manner. throughout the night, we conducted a situational assessment in the

economic response, but also to a military response, including with the use of the idf, that is, the israeli defense forcesan the command stated that the issue had already been settled, that is, iran struck in retaliation for israel’s attack on the consulate in damascus on april 1, and the islamic republic did not want further escalation, everything that happened on sunday night was nothing more than itself... and what is happening now in the middle east can lead to even greater escalation in the region. if we talk about how israel can respond to yesterday ’s iranian attack, then experts agree that if the strike is carried out, then most likely israel will not launch a direct strike on iranian territory, but on neighboring countries in which the iranian proxy of power is located, primarily syria, is also possible. yemen, and the territory of lebanon, where the shiite-lebanese group hezbollah operates, is also no exception. the most likely option is considered to be that israel can attack syria, not without reason, because over the past six months the idf has been systematically destroying syria’s air defen

given that stipulation, why does it seem that israel, the israeli defense forces, the idf, have such a high tolerance for civilian casualties, for collateral damage? much so more than any other army? >> a complicated question but three thoughts on it. number one, it is the -- the raw emotion of failure on their own part, and what i mean by that is, as joe said a moment ago. they saw these images of israeli babies shot in their cribs. that will engender immense emotion and fury and in any military person. frankly, in any human being. so that's a predicate to what's happening. number two is they live in the toughest neighborhood. they're up against foes who are like hamas, rapists, mutilators, torturers. there is a component to their reaction that faces the fact of the, the horrible aspects of those with whom they fight. you should never give in to that as military professionals. you should never give into either of those emotions, but it is certainly part of the calculus and third and finally, and i don't mean this in any way to sound like an excuse for what's happening, but you just

missiles did landon jordan and we saw many different countries that were mentioned by the idf, israeli defense forces a big part in this but the israeli air defense system was really built for this sort of situation and it was the first time it was ever tested in any sort of scale represented here. multiple attack factors and looking across the board whether they are short and long- range working with u.s. military, they eliminated nearly all of them and that is an incredible thing that that can happen and usually you will see a number of missiles get through and we talked about russia and ukraine where they don't have air defenses, israel and ukraine, many missiles make it through so here is a testament to the air defense system and to the u.s. with the navy and likely naval air assets interjecting many of those in the comprehensive effort protecting the israeli people overnight for what could've been a disastrous consequence and if you can imagine many hundreds of missiles landing and targets inside israel and there could've been a very different scenario. >> the last part you just brought up conve

by the islamic revolutionary guard corps with all available weapons against idf targets, that is, the israeli defense forces. it all started before midnight, with an attack by a whole swarm of drones that took off from iranian territory and took over. heading towards israel, there were at least three or four waves of drone attacks, experts say, it is known that they were involved several hundred shahet drones in various modifications, a little later they were joined directly by missile units, launching cruise and ballistic missiles, as stated by the ksr for the first time in an attack they used warheads with multiple types of ammunition. which made it possible to successfully overcome the israeli defense system; in parallel with the attack from the islamic republic of iran, israel was struck by the lebanese-sheid group hezbollah, as well as by pro-iranian groups from iraq, as well as the yemeni houthis also attacked several dozen drones on israeli territory. all this was designed in order to... load one of the best air defense systems in the world, at least until tonight, and the iron dome of the air defens

the idf israeli defense forces, they are investigating at the highest levels, but they have not yet acknowledged it was their air strike. so i think we'll see more investigation to come. >> lara, the backdrop of this the meeting we mentioned, the virtual meeting between israeli and u.s. officials in rafah, but also the new reporting you have including new weapons sales to israel. tell us about that. will conditions be attached? and certainly a politically precarious decision for president biden in light of all we're discussing. >> yes, absolutely. so we reported yesterday that the u.s. government is very close to approving several major weapons bills to israel including an $18 billion for 15 fighter jets and air to air missiles and guidance kits which convert dumb bombs into weapons. this has been on the table for several months and now it's moving through the process, and lawmakers know they have an informal notification, which means the u.s. administration is ready to approve it. there will so far be no conditions attached. the u.s. government has so far ruled that outconditioning any military

the israeli defense forces fire two officers over a deadly attack on an aid convoy. an internal investigation says the idfd they were targeting hamas gunmen and didn't follow procedures. and aid agencies say they are worried for their safety amid warnings that famine in the gaza strip is looming. welcome to this bbc special examining the ongoing fallout from an israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza monday. i'm carl nasman. the israel defense forces have now fired two senior officers after an internal investigation called the attack a "grave accident," saying the idf believed the aid convoy was carrying hamas gunmen. that convoy belonged to the world central kitchen. the aid group has dismissed the report, calling it "cold comfort for the aid workers' families," and is urging an independent investigation. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake due to mistaken identification, errors in decision—making and a se

. >> if you're just joining us, working this breaking news in, the idf, israeli defense forces are confirming iran has launched a drone attack in israel. eddie details we do not know but it is coming in in a drip, drip away. as we get it we will confirm it and bring you more information. the big question, what will this be, and how will it escalate? one thing that stood out to me in what you were talking about is the potential of whether or not this attack is -- correct me if i'm wrong and i heard you write -- more of a scare tactic from iran than actual hit insight of israel, understanding israel's defense capabilities. do you see this as a possibility of just a scare tactic from m? -- mem? >> i think we do not know just yet. they take some time to get to them. that is why i'm curious whether there is additional assets. either ballistic missiles or iran has drawn capabilities in places like syria as well. whether this is part of a multipronged attack that is focused in trying to hit israel and trying to take israeli life and israeli military targets. or whether it is a more symbolic effort t

the israeli settler attack on the occupied west this bank today, a witness tells cnn senator that the idf, the israeli defense forces arrived on the scene but didn't stop the settlers. how should the biden administration respond to that >> well i don't know the details of today's incident, wolf, but broadly across the last couple of months the administration has engaged forcefully when there have been incidents of settler violence that seemed to be in some ways either facilitated or tolerated by idf. and in particular reserve elements. in fact, at one point, a number of months let's it go now, the administration issued some visa sanctions against individuals who seem to be inciting violence in the west bank. the west bank is a potential tinderbox. and there were recent press accounts that iran had been smuggling weapons into the west bank. i think it's important that we work closely with our partners in israel to tamp down any possibility of either settler violence or of another wave of uprisings in the west bank that could further destabilize the whole region >> senator chris thank you so much. as usual for joining

defense forces they have to be more careful. >> reporter: the israeli defense forces are concluding their investigation. the idf world central kitchen that they thought there were hamas gunman inside. though the vehicles were clearly marked. the idf added it was a grave mistake. they also announced today that five senior idf officers have been punished, two fired following that strike. world kitchen is still demanding an independent investigation. savannah? >> peter alexander at the white house for us. thank you. we will have the latest developments of course tonight on "nightly news," including lester's interview with families. >> they will survey efforts to remove that collapsed key bridge. they will also meet with the families of six construction workers that died early last week when the bridge was struck by that container ship. four of the victims bodies have yet to be recovered. the army corps of engineers hopes to open up the port by the end of the month with full capacity restored a month after that. >>> two people managed to survive a small plane crash yesterday thanks to the craft's emergency parachut

then in the middle of it, you have antony blinken threatening to put sanctions on the idf, the israeli defense forces- in the middle of all of this, you actually talk about sanctions against israel? i mean, it's absolutely extraordinary. look, alan, before you go, aye got to get your take on what's going on in this manhattan d.a.'s courtroom where donald trump has been spending all his days. what is the crime? >> there is no crime. that's why they're putting on people like pecker talking about catch and kill, they're putting on mcdougal, they're putting on -- there's no crime. and, you know, they ought to be very careful about this because the supreme court, the appellate court in albany just reversed arkansas i have e weinstein's conviction with on -- i have weinstein's conviction on the ground they put in too much information that wasn't relevant to the case. and that's what's happening. there is no crime in man manhattan. you cannot figure out what the crime is. that's why they're putting on all this ed of noncrimes -- evidence of noncrimes, trying to persuade the jury that paying hush money is a

idf retaliatory strikes against the jewish state defense force have turned the lebanese-israeli bordernto a war zone. all this as stated by iran's supreme leader khamenei, consequences of the destruction of the consulate of the islamic republic in damascus. the evil regime, made up of hatred of mistakes, added another to its miscalculations by attacking the iranian consulate in syria. this evil regime has taken a reckless step for which it must and will be punished. this statement was met with poking fun in tehran; local television broadcast the reading of the koran, as it was during the days of the iran-iraq war. the american tv channel nbc claims that iran’s goals are not only military. israel's infrastructure, but also government buildings, including the knesset, the israeli parliament, and even, as the british telegraph already reports, the residence of prime minister netanyahu. in addition to israeli aircraft, american aircraft from air bases in iraq and syria, as well as british aircraft from military bases in cyprus, were scrambled to intercept. in repelling the attack, the jewi

here israeli defense force soldiers prepare for a different mission. but this is not in gaza. it's idfem, where they say they conducted a counterterrorism operation, killing 14 militants in close combat. residents are now cleaning up after the operation. what the israeli military does is it uses bulldozers to dig up the roads. you can see they've been completely destroyed, making sure that residents cannot move freely in the area. bulldozers also smashed through anything that stood in their way. homes and shops were damaged. pipes and power lines severed. cutting off water and electricity. the israeli military is in the global spotlight right now. a u.s. official told cbs news that since 2022 it's been investigating an idf unit of ultra orthodox soldiers stationed in the west bank, accused of human rights atrocities, with an announcement expected this week. media reports suggesting the unit could be blacklisted from receiving u.s. military aid prompted an angry outburst from prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who said sanctions against an idf unit would be a moral low, jericka, at a ti

the millions of israelis could spend the last night in their beds and not in bomb shelters is due to the wonderful action of our defence systems, of our idf, the israeli defense forcessider very seriously the advice and the messages coming from our allies, definitely from washington. but i would take the sentence as it is. israel never asked the others to protect us. and we are trying to protect ourselves. we are trying to survive in this difficult area with, as i've said, the iranians trying to do everything in their power to destabilise the the area, the region, to spoil the atmosphere here, to resist abraham accords and now the attempts of israel to sign peace treaties with other countries. and we will have to protect ourselves, by all means. and having wonderful allies like united states, britain, germany, france and other countries definitely helps in our efforts. but it's not that we we are looking for boots on the ground from other countries instead of our own military. yuli edelstein talking to me earlier. you're watching bbc news. israel's defence minister says confrontation with iran is not over, and his country must "be prepared". iran says it will retali

here israeli defense force soldiers prepare for a different mission, but this is not in gaza. its idf footage from the west bank city of where they killed in close combat. residents are cleaning up after the operation. what the israeli military does is using bulldozers to dig up the roads. you can see they've been completely destroyed, making sure that residents cannot move freely in the area. bulldozers also smashed through anything that stood in their way, homes and shops were damaged, pipes and power lines severed, cutting off water and electricity. the israeli military is in the global spotlight right now. a u.s. official told cbs news that since 2022 it's been investigating an idf unit of ultra-orthodox soldiers stationed in the west bank, accused of human rights atrocities with an announcement expected this week. debora patta, cbs news, jerusalem. >>> israeli and ukrainian leaders are praising the house of representatives for approving billions in foreign aid this weekend that will unleash a flood of american military equipment. it didn't happen without a fight from hard-right r

here israeli defense force soldiers prepare for a different mission. but this is not in gaza. it's idfootage in the west bank city of tulkarem where they say they conducted a counterterrorism operation, killing 14 militants in close combat. residents are now cleaning up after the operation. what the israeli military does is it uses bulldozers to dig up the roads. you can see they've been completely destroyed, making sure residents cannot move freely in the area. bulldozers also smashed through anything that stood in their way. homes and shops were damaged. pipes and power lines severed, cutting off the water and electricity. the israeli military is in the global spotlight right now. a u.s. official told cbs news that since 2022 it's been investigating an idf unit of ultraorthodox soldiers stationed in the west bank, accused of human rights atrocities, with an announcement expected this week. media reports suggesting the unit could be blacklisted from receiving u.s. military aid prompted an angry outburst from prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who said sanctions against an idf unit wou

territory does come as the israeli defense forces are releasing the new video of their fighter jets intercepting some of the missiles and drones outside of israeli territory idf says the majority of the projectiles were shot down before they entered israeli airspace. the iranians today releasing video of their own showing ballistic missile launches from my iranian territory the wall street journal this evening reporting around 50% of them according to u.s. officials failed during launch. this is an indication israel be watching closely about how the iranians launch this attack but understanding it might not get to the task of a prolonged war is released you have to be careful understanding iran does have the ability to use proxies in the region like the ironic fact houthis and yemen and that militant group hezbollah request trey yingst on the ground in tel aviv for us. thanks. >> israel is calling for a global united front against iran un security council convened for an emergency session today. several nations have announced the attack if you are calling for that you and to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organization. cb cotton l

israeli social media accounts. can you tell us about some of those examples that you found? yeah. so i found the official account of the israel defense forces, the idflatform x on the night of the attack posting a video compilation. it was like a 30 second video compilation of some of the videos of the attack in different areas of israel that night. and it was basically a compilation video with the idea of warning the world about the threat of iran against israel. now, i was instantly surprised when at the end of that video i saw a clip which is quite notorious on the internet because it's been going around online for about ten years, and it's been used misleadingly in all sorts of different contexts. but we know for a fact that that video, which shows basically a russian grad rocket launcher launching tonnes and tonnes of rockets into the night sky. it's been going around for many, many years in all sorts of misleading contexts. you know, this does make one wonder, how much is the scale and the size of misinformation in this conflict bigger and more sort of serious than what you've seen before? the way people consume news is changing, obviously. pe

defense forces. the idf adding that with u.s. assistance, 99% of those projectiles were intercepted. idf ace says a few ballistic missiles hit israel causing slight damage to an israeli air force base. in a statement this morning the israel defense minimums tear says they thwarted the most significant wave of the attack and did so successfully. younger was injured in the attack according to the idf and it's the first time iran has ever conducted a direct military attack on israel. the statement iran's says the attack is in retaliation for the april 1st idf strike that killed 12 people including high ranking members of the revolutionary guard opinion they called the drone and missile strikes self-defense and cited the u.n. charter as legal basis for conducting those. iran's u.n. mission says iran's considers the matter concluded. but that if israel makes another mistake to expect a more severe response. u.s. officials say u.s. warships in the region as well as u.s. forces in iraq and syria assisted in the defensive measures. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the u.s. shot down dozens of iranian drones and missile. president biden spoke with israel's prime minis

israeli defense forces for an explanation of this. we've heard from gazan civil defense forces. they think there was some idf involvement, though. this could have been used by locals during the siege. all of this, i have to say, is inflaming social tensions globally, particularly in the u.s., which over the weekend at so many college campuses saw massive demonstrations, in some places clashes between pro-palestinian, pro-israeli protesters. c columbia going online. harvard yard closed. students at all these campuses on both sides of this saying they feel unsafe, and college administrators clearly are struggling to respond to this, frances? >> okay, matt bodner, thank you. >>> the senate could approve more funding for israel today. over the weekend, the house passed the republicans' foreign aid package. it includes $60 billion for ukraine and $26 billion for israel and humanitarian aid for gaza. chuck schumer has said that the first senate vote would happen today. this package that passed the house also includes the bill that could lead to a ban of tiktok in the united states. president biden has said that he would sign all of th

the nugba brigade attacked israeli cities and towns, killing 1,200 men, children and women, taking more than 250 hostages into the sector, the idf, the israel defense forces destroyed 19 of the 24 hamas battalions. they killed, wounded, and captured most of the terrorists. we cleared the shifa hospital, destroyed missile production facilities, command posts, weapons depots , and continue to methodically destroy the underground infrastructure. unannounced departure of more parts of combat units from gaza, a sharp increase in the supply of humanitarian aid to the sector, the opening of additional checkpoints for humanitarian convoys, many associate with severe us pressure. in a telephone conversation last week, joe biden demanded that benjamin netanyahu urgently solve the problem of food for the starving sector and minimize the death of civilians in gaza. the day before , european partners also joined the demands. and criminals on our hostages, it's unfair, but we must pay, peaceful people should not pay for the mistakes of the army and government. up to 133 hostages may remain in hamas captivity, although not all of them are likely alive. sergey pashkov, a

released by the israeli defense forces following an investigation into the air strike in gaza which killed seven aid workers. here are the key points. which killed seven aid workers. the idf deep sorrow for the incident. it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in "serious violation of standard operation procedure" and that the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve,

the weapons, the power and the means to basically walk into israel and assault the idf and the famed israeli defense forces with mopeds, drugged up terrorists and paraglider's. benjamin netanyahu did nothing for hours while israeli women were beaten and and killed and grandmothers were beaten and burned to death. babies were shot in their cribs. parents had to watch these terrorists, i would like to call them something else, these terrorists shoot the children in front of them. children were forced to watch as these terrorists shot their parents in front of them. one hour goes by and the netanyahu government does nothing, five hours, six hours, seven hours, 10 hours. some places 12-13 hours nothing is done. what happened that day? how did benjamin netanyahu's government allow that to happen? we cannot ask those questions. why would you allow this man to continue running your country when he is responsible? >> i think they're asking that question. he met when he is responsible for hamas being able to run loose in israel and commit the worst atrocities since the holocaust. we know the nature of hamas. we kno

israeli defense forces in the west bank. prime minister netanyahu condemning sanctions. if anyone thinks they upon sanction the idfisrael planned a bigger strike on iran and scaled back after pressure from allies. this would ban aid to unitses. idf head of intill igence director resigns after 38 years. students plan to walk out of columbia university today. >> carley: madeleine rivera has details. >> madeleine: good morning. columbia university is out with a statement saying she's deeply saddened saying to deescalate rank and give us chance to consider next steps, all classes will be held on monday, first day of passover. protests raising safety concern. told jewish students to go home saying columbia university public safety cannot guarantee safety in the face of antisemitism and anarchy. it pains me to say i recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until reality in and around campus has improved. the university is. raing up security guards and peri perimeter. new new york city mayor says nypd will step in saying i'm horrified and disgusted with antisemitism. nypd will not hesitate to arrest

telephone conversation with the israeli defense minister, pentagon chief loy tostin assured that the idf can count on full us support. in turn, joaf gallan said that the forcesstate - the actions of the islamic republic will not leave without a response. now the military has canceled all vacations in order to deploy additional forces. and let's return to an important holiday for our country. 63 years ago. yuri gagarin opened the space age for humanity. at 9:07 moscow time, the vostok rocket launched from baikanur. the flight lasted 1 hour 48 minutes. since then , our country has been a leader in the industry. just the day before , the angara a5 launch vehicle was successfully launched from the vostochny cosmodrome for the first time. in honor of cosmonautics day, ceremonial events are held in russia. in dozens of cities , special light shows were dedicated to this event. in moscow at rest. research and engineering teams that work on the ground. what scientists create in interests of the development of domestic and world cosmonautics, svetlana gordieva saw. they control a spaceship, roam the moon, in general, roam the expanses of the universe without leaving.

israeli forces have bombarded gaza and to root out hamas and search for those hostages. in the meantime, the israeli defense minister has announced the idf has withdrawn from the southern gaza city. khan younis. all right. let's take a live look outside right now at the embarcadero here in san francisco. a little chilly out there. all the eyes are going to be at the sky. checking out the eclipse tomorrow. gayle ong joining us with a look at the forecast. a go. >> hello. yes. had a nice 35% partial view, but it will still be really cool. we'll have that forecast on the eclipse coming up later. but we are pretty crisp out there. a little of sea breeze tonight, but we're mostly clear around the bay area, as you can see. and that will be theme for the weather this week. we have nice warm temperatures. a warming trend coming our way. you can see how quiet it is on our stormtracker. we don't see rain activity or clouds and we have a system to our north. but high pressure is moving at around the bay area. that's going to be very nice. it's going to feel like spring and summer this week. so stay tuned. temperatures out the door in the low 50's a

the idf and the air force are following the plan that we prepared in advance. israeli airspace is closed from 1 pm to 7 am for all flights, defense systems attacks, the air force is on alert, dozens of aircraft are in the sky. they will try to intercept iranian drones and missiles before they even enter israeli airspace. according to cbs, the us military in iraq also received orders to shoot it all down as early as possible. in recent years, and even more so in recent weeks , israel has been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from iran. our defense systems are deployed. we are ready for any scenario, both defensively and offensively. the state of israel is strong, the defense army israel is strong, our community is strong. we appreciate the support of the us, as well as the support of the uk, france and many other countries. i set a clear principle: whoever hits us, we will hit him. we will defend ourselves against any threat, and we will do so calmly and decisively. meanwhile, hezbollah launched missile attacks on israel from lebanon. in tehran. emphasizes that iran targeted strikes only at military targets of the

continue to show decan fines on column a ya's campus, israeli defense forces was also protesting for the release of hostageses still being held by hamas. the idfnt lines of the israel-hamas war since october 7th treating wounded soldiers and civilians while she was participating in a rally for if israel on march 30th in times square, noa was actually assaulted by a to-palestine the protester. a demonstrator threw her down, her israel flag down, rather, and hit her in the face with the end of a flag pole. she joins me now i in a fox business exclusive. n to oa a, thank you for being here today and sharing your experience -- in noa. can you just take me back to that moment when you're in times square and one of these protesters, you know, throws your flag to the ground. what were you feeling in that moment, how were people reacting? >> i feel like the first thing is i just saw his hate towards me. like, this person has no idea who i am, he's never met me. all he can see is just the fact that i'm israeli, that i am jewish and just, like, i saw the hate in his eyes. and so, like, awful to me. just like when i look back at this moment, it took me,

israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza, monday. the israel defense forces have now fired two senior officers after an internal investigation called the attack a "grave accident," saying the idfen. that convoy belonged to the world central kitchen. the aid group has dismissed the report — and is urging an independent investigation. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake due to mistaken identification, errors in decision making and a serious violation of army procedures. the convoy belonging to the charity world central kitchen was struck in central gaza late on monday night.

has been fighting back and forth since october 7th between israeli idf forces and to hezbollah i'm wondering how strong it does the defensive posture of israel doesn't get stronger in the northern part of the country? while waiting for a potential or a possible response from hezbollah? >> absolutely i spoke with one defence official this week you indicated the worst case scenario for israel is an attack by hezbollah on major is relief operation centres since october 8th just the day after the october 7th massacre you saw it hezbollah involved in the fight striking northern israel on daily basis just yesterday 14 israeli soldiers were injured along with four civilians along the border with lebanon this was a hezbollah drone attack that took place and it gives you just a small sense of the capabilities that this organization has. over the past several years iran has been smuggling precision guided missile components into southern lebanon through syria and it is part of the reason the israelis have struck inside syrian territory over the years to target some of these weapons shipments they want to ensure that they can limit th

idf and the air force are following the plan that we prepared in advance. israeli airspace is closed from 1 pm to 7 am for all flights, air force attack defense systems combat readiness is given, dozens of aircraft are in the sky. they will try to intercept iranian drones and missiles before they even enter israeli airspace. according to cbs, the us military in iraq also received orders to shoot it all down as early as possible. israeli citizens were warned that after the alarm they should immediately take shelter. in recent years, and even more so in recent weeks , israel has been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from iran. our defense systems are deployed, we are ready for anything scenario as... residents of border towns, as well as residents of iraq, saw drones flying towards the occupied lands. cyrus, in his statement , announced the response of the aerospace forces to the crime of the zionist regime, which attacked the consular section of the iranian embassy in damascus and killed a number of commanders and military advisers of the cyrus. from iran to israel it is about 2.0 km, with iraq and jordan between them. flights of russian airl

released by the israeli defense forces following an investigation into the air strike in gaza which killed seven aid workers. here are the key points. which killed seven aid workers. the idfs the strike should not have happened, and expressed its deep sorrow for the incident. it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in "serious violation of standard operation procedure" and that the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, will be dismissed from his position. the world central kitchen has released a statement saying israel's acknowledgment of it's responsibility and fatal saying israel's acknowledgment of its responsibility and fatal errors in the attack and the taking of disciplinary action are important steps forward. they added, "however, it is also clear from their preliminary investigation that the idf has deployed deadly force without regard to its own protocols, chain of command and rules of engagement. we demand the creation of an independent commission to investigate the killings of our wck colleagues. the idf cannot credibly investi

. >>> israeli defense forces just announced they killed a hezbollah commander in air strikes in lebanon. that commander, according to the idfs involved in missile launches from lebanon and had organized a number of terror attacks against israel. it is unclear whether that air strike is part of an imminent israeli response to iran's weekend attacks. but u.s. officials say they expect the response to be limited in scope and most likely involve strikes against iranian military forces and backed proxies outside iran. nbc's raf sanchez is live in tel aviv. i know you got to see part of an iranian ballistic missile today. walk us through what you saw and heard from israeli officials about this response. >> reporter: so, chris, this was part of one of the 110 or so ballistic missiles that israel says iran fired on saturday. the vast majority of them were intercepted outside of israeli air space, according to the idf. but a number of them did get through what you are looking at there is the fuel tank from one of those ballistic missiles. it is about 36 feet long, with the warhead attached, the missile would be longer still. israeli

israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza, monday. the israel defense forces have now fired two senior officers after an internal investigation called the attack a "grave accident," saying the idf believed the aid convoy was carrying hamas gunmen. that convoy belonged to the world central kitchen. the aid group has dismissed the report — and is urging an independent investigation. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake due to mistaken identification, errors in decision making and a serious violation of army procedures. the convoy belonging to the charity world central kitchen was struck in central gaza late on monday night. survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. the army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun after spotting gunmen at the warehouse earlier. it was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. and when they indeed reached the