ambassador mohamed higazy. thank— to stay in power.tay in power. ambassador mohamed higazy, thank you very much _ to stay in power. ambassador mohamed higazy, thank you very much indeed - higazy, thank you very much indeed for that insight. you're watching bbc news. that is the skyline across tel aviv, as the country, israel was put on an alert this evening. very soon afterwards, we learnt that iran had lunched operation true promise in retaliation for the october 7th attack by israel —— had lunched. the attack by israel —— had lunched. the attack on a diplomatic compound in damascus. some drones we here have been shot down. stay with us here on bbc news. we have got more coming up on this developing story. i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. we start with breaking news. iran has launched an attack against israel. iran's revolutionary guard says it is targetting specific locations within israel with drones and missles. local israeli media are reporting the attack is expected to reach israel by 2am local time. the white house h