killed by his captors staying and israel, where the government is coming under increasing pressure over mondays, air strikes and guys like that killed 7 aid workers. senior us democrats have signed a letter urging for the halting of arms transfers is israel doesn't do more to protect civilians in the conflict. this comes after israel announced that it would allow a crossing to open temporarily to allow aid into gaza. here it is. rouse, i stood pause, aid shipments, bound for gaza will soon be accepted and for the south, the air is crossing will be reopened, says eas, rent. it used to be a pos way for people to cross the border until her mouse militants used it as an entry point for their october 7th terror attacks. now, israel will reopen the check point temporarily. the ease rails about phase comes of depression, of from its closest ally, the u. s. on attempt starting coal, president biden told prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that the us would review it, support of the wall. if changes weren't made. a reprimand that appears to a sped is road to action. partner israel is about face on aid, fuller's international outrage over in a strike. earlier this wee

the us provides israel with nearly $4 billion a year in military assistance. if it wanted to stop the israeli genocide, it could do so by using that as leverage. to condition us aid for israel, but it continues to provide israel with bombs, which may be why joe biden has an unick name, genocide joe. last one of these iranians get together in most mosks and other religious places in the month of ramadan to observe or the night of destiny. our correspondent fazon ashurion who is in the holy city of mashad tells us more. about kad nights, which are considered the most virtuous before god. tonight i am in the holy shrine of imam razza, peace be upon him, the eighth imam of shia muslims in northwestern city of mashad, and uh where actually thousand, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered here to hold special vigils and pray forg'. forgiveness for blessing and muslims actually believe that on this night the holy quran was revealed to the prophet muhammad, peace be upon him, and according to the holy quran, praying at this night is actually better than a thousa

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the line | is if israel does not change, than the us policy towards israel will change.just the last hour from john kirby, the white house spokesperson, let's take a listen. in what we want to see her some real changes on the israeli side and if we do not see changes from their side, there left to be changes from our side but i would not preview what that will look like. he our side but i would not preview what that will look like.- what that will look like. he did rovide what that will look like. he did provide some _ what that will look like. he did provide some examples, - what that will look like. he did i provide some examples, concrete examples and things like increasing the aid into israel increasing the amount of crossings and reducing the violence on civilians. what this phone call means and what the consequences are we'll be digging into a little bit later in the programme. now, the uk calls for the government here to and weapons sales to israel. 600 legal experts in supreme courtjustices have written this letter and in it, they say the provision of military as

quote, take a decisive response to iran says is really war. planes were used and what it considers a major escalation in israel's war with its regional adversaries. dw corresponded rebecca readers joins us now from jerusalem. rebecca, how seriously should these threats from iran be taken? well, that's very difficult to say melissa, but i think what is safe to say is that they all being taken very seriously. as you said in your intro there, by the us and israel, especially iran has said that the israel will regret that strike the israel hasn't actually said that it did. it hasn't actually confirmed that was israel, but it is generally regarded that it was and is rarely attacked. iran has said that they will regret that attack that they, they military uh at the ready and they are just deciding how when and where to retaliate. now analysts and officials believe that it will in fact be a stripe from iran, rather than going through one of their proxies, namely, has blonde and 11 on that it could very well be with in the next week. and that it will likely be on the other end is ready embassy target or something in isr

directly and not us forces in the region. israeland not us forces in the region-— the region. how closely is this bein: the region. how closely is this being followed _ the region. how closely is this being followed and _ the region. how closely is this being followed and how - the region. how closely is this being followed and how much | the region. how closely is this - being followed and how much does it matter to americans?— matter to americans? well, i mean, it is an election _ matter to americans? well, i mean, it is an election year— matter to americans? well, i mean, it is an election year here, _ matter to americans? well, i mean, it is an election year here, isn't - it is an election year here, isn't it? and that plays into absolutely everything. and relations with israel, especially of course with the war in gaza, that has become an election issue here. and there are large groups of voters, many traditionally democratic voters, who are extremely unhappy with president biden�*s support for israel. there are large groups of

israel— and the us? no, not surprising at all. israel and _ and the us? no, not surprising at all. el and the united states_ at all. israel and the united states may sometimes disagree on this— states may sometimes disagree on this but there is very close co—ordination militarily between the two and while israel_ between the two and while israei is _ between the two and while israel is unlikely to ask the us for— israel is unlikely to ask the us for permission or perhaps even — us for permission or perhaps even to— us for permission or perhaps even to give it full details, israel_ even to give it full details, israel would want to notify the united — israel would want to notify the united states because the united _ united states because the united states because the united states has assets in the region- — united states has assets in the region— and air base in qatar and— region— and air base in qatar and other_ region— and air base in qatar and other places like kuwait and other places like kuwait and the _ and other places like kuwait and the uae and elsewhere. and so, any— and

israel. but this is where the us is clearly drawing the line. the president saying anything offensive that might potentially take place from israel against iran let the us is not going to be involved in that. now, if you look at the president's statement, it also said that us forces and facilities were not attacked tonight, but it did also say that obviously the administration is going to remain vigilant, but this is of course going to be a huge sigh of relief for this white house. given that the length that the administration has gone to in recent days to ensure that iran would not go after us personnel and assets, including taking the step of directly communicating with iran to warn them, essentially, which is of course really notable given that these are two countries that do not have any formal diplomatic relations now worth noting, jim, is that this senior official i spoke with would not get into what the president might have advised the prime minister to do in in terms of potential next steps in retaliation responding to what we saw from ir

the of us is i am clad support israel. so it is being reported sources close to the cool. let's have a report, it has been reported in us mediator especially that you know, the president was very quick to say that the us did not want to participate or support any retaliation, particularly directly to iran. and it is being said that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but allegedly understood what fighting was saying there though, of course it's impossible to so not the just a media reports at this stage. and now button has a and the u. s. has been repeatedly signaling that they don't want this to expand into a wider conflict, and that's certainly the deterrence measures that they are taking. and that is something that they are going to be urging these raise to, to act a conservatively. it is also being reported that by and said to benjamin netanyahu that you should take, this is a win. so obviously from that i think we can as a time that he's trying to urge israel not to retaliate. the israel has bound to do so. uh, you know, i think that is old, but we really know from the

i'm jim sciutto in washington, a massive wave of iranian attacks on israel appear to have subsided. say us is what it all looks like though. just a few hours ago the idf says >> iran fired >> more than 200 missiles and drones on israel overnight. with the vast majority of them but shot down before reaching israeli aerospace including by us forces stationed in the region to iran called a response to an israeli fairly strike on iran's embassy in damascus earlier this month, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has spoken with us president joe biden on the phone. he told mr. netanyahu biden did the attacks were largely unsuccessful, which he described as a win for israel, are mj lee has learned the president told the israeli prime minister, the us will not take part in any israeli offensive action against iran president biden will meet g7 liters on sunday to coordinate a united response to arounds action among its allies and israel mr. netanyahu addressed his nation earlier today >> marcia nema citizens of israel in recent years and especially in recent weeks, israel has been preparing for a dir

with more announced after the attack over the weekend, the us as also allied with israel and air of countries like the u. a. e. jordan, saudi arabia, all against iran. has us policy in the middle east enabled the possibility of a wider war. well, i think the 1st point, the most decisive thing that's happened a piece of the iran is the ron and the, the kingdom of saudi arabia, of had a wrapper of law. they're going to be together that it seems in the brakes. uh, in this, in large grouping, although without the rape it's not a 100 percent clear that that's the case. but definitely there has been a diplomatic reconciliation of sorts. israel's war in gaza, which has been so much more shocking and devastating than people i would have imagined have really pushed a the ron and the airbag world closer together not farther apart despite what israel hopes and what us strategy has been. so i don't think that the us and israel can maintain any kind of a coalition with the major eric countries against iran at the, at this moment, israel was making that absolutely impossible because of the israel's extremi

i think that we'd all like to see saudi arabia line with israel and the us and the west. y make a big change in this region. so israel's got to do what a sovereign nation wants to do that they think is in their best interests. >> but >> let's recognize you've got a lot of very important partners here that have been helping you to supply you with these defensive weapon fins. and there's a big team here and the one thing that this president done that he's gotten very little credit for is his managed to keep a told the team together in the west when it comes to israel, when it comes to ukraine, when it comes to so much more just think about when ukraine was first invaded by russia. i mean, people were worried that germany and others in nato were worried about their gas and oil imports from russia. would they stick together? he managed to hold everybody together and we need to hold everybody together here now, not only on a ukraine but on israel, on on the indo-pacific, on taiwan. let's keep our team together and to do that, we can't just act unilaterally. i don't think as you

us helping take down dozens, we believe of drones and missiles incoming. and now we understand from the white house that president biden is telling israel clearly that the us does not support, would not support any kind of retaliation against iran. so how does israel balance this unprecedented attack? and they if they're feeling for a need to respond with what is being said here in washington >> indeed. and i think we can add to that equation as well what we've heard from iranian officials saying that through their swiss intermediaries, they have told the united states under no uncertain terms that if the united states was to aid israel in response attacking iran, then us troops stationed in the region, their safety couldn't be guaranteed. so that is very clear warning from from iran look, i think, you know what what president biden and prime minister netanyahu spoke about last night or early hours of this morning, we know that they have huge differences. they had huge differences over the war in gaza and despite president biden's pressure on israel to curtail the killer killing of palestinians in gaza. some more than 33,000. now to get more aid into gaza,

i mean, us forces were defending israel since october 7. there have been many uranian sponsored attacks on us bases in the region, some of which have killed or wounded us troops. so, yeah, absolutely. the united states is in the middle of it because israel's ally also the ally of some of the arab states involved. so we're trying to keep peace in the region, but it's becoming very hard to do. it's kind of like a rough retried to stop between two guys who are flailing at each other and you're going to get punched on both sides when it comes to the conflict in ukraine the president biden has been very clear. there. they're going to be limits to how involved the united states is. do you think that there will be any limits when it comes to israel that they know that remains to be seen. i mean, i think this is saturday was very unusual, not only in the direct rating attack, but also in the direct us response and of course, a lot of ukrainians were saying, well, why isn't the us defending us the way they're defending israel? but i think there is a

and unpick because there are so many different aspects of the defence relationship between the us and israelny years. i would not hold your breath is the answer. when it comes to the uk, we talk about the support from the us but there are conversations here about curtailing sales to israel, what is the level of support the uk provides to israel and how essential is it to the country. certainly not of the level the us is providing but that has been a long—term relationship between the uk and us, the advanced reconnaissance materials going from the uk to israel and israeli technology from israel to the uk. it is not huge but substantial in a sense that it causes the british government a bit of a headache when issues like this happen because there is domestic pressure on all sides. it was clear that the head of the former fails committee committee was recorded saying the foreign office has evidence there were procedures not forward correctly by the israeli military. six people have been killed during a russian drone attack on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor says iranian

a to see here if they will. condition that change the 8 that the us is giving israel. and you'll be watching a closely for us that was the w. washington correspondent benjamin alvarez. thank you for the latest. as we heard, antony blanket made his comments to add a needle meeting is that was getting under way. as spokesman for the kremlin said relations between russia and nato have reached the level of quote, direct confrontation. moscow says this is due to the lines of enlargement in recent years, and it's military support for ukraine. so as the north atlantic treaty organization celebrate of it's 75th anniversary and brussels today, nato allies bound to keep supporting ukraine's fight against russia's invasion. the lines as weighing a plan to provide long term support for ukraine. a task currently shouldered by individual member states may. so it's 75, but things owns getting any easier with age. despite the finds that the alliance is facing huge challenges from the threat posed by restroom and ukraine and beyond to a potential of 2nd, donald trump presidency in the u

as iran vows to punish israel for an air strike killing its commanders — president biden says us supportor israel is "iron—clad". two former post office managers are giving evidence to an inquiry, on the decisions which led to the wrongful conviction of hundreds of people who run post offices in the uk. and coming up — we have an exclusive look at stunning new discoveries in the ancient city of pompeii. hello. welcome to the programme. now to the war in ukraine — there have been several loud explosions in the city of kharkiv in the east of the country. president zelensky described it as a "heinous attack". there have been several loud explosions in the east of the country. presidents are lenski has described it as a heinous attack. more blackouts for households and businesses have been announced. there has been a strike on a southern ukrainian city. that has just come in from the governor of the region. he said on the telegram app the region. he said on the telegram app two people have died and four were injured. we will have more on all of those developments from ukraine later in the pr

if the us joins israel in targeting iran, what do you now make of the us pressure on israel to essentially take last night as a win well, they should take last night is a whim. let's look as indicated what the battle damage assessment looks like and it looks like it's minimal. so the air defense capabilities, the partnership with the united states, israel, was stood this attack from iran extremely well i think what we need to need to realize that this point is if someone was asking me, i would go back and i'd say, look, let's stop talking about next steps. the israelis need to stop talking about what they think they might do or what the level of certainty is in terms of the fact that they will take a next step. >> the >> united states needs to do the same other than what they have been saying, which is were with israel, this a blatant attack on israel sovereignty by tehran. and we are with the israelis going forward. and what the united states will do. they don't need to declare this is they will be there to assist in defensive measures and mitigation as necessary adopt the united states w

israel despite the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. and the leader of yemen's ansurollah movement says the us is complicit in israel's gaza genocide and shares this criminal intention to exterminate palestinians. hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in term. thank you for joining us. six months into the israel's genocidal war on the gaza strip and the regime's relentless attacks. continue to leave a trail of death and destruction across the territory. dozens of civilians have lost their lives after israel's airraids and artillery fire targeted their homes and gatherings of displaced people. air strikes in baitan in north gaza have killed aparad medic and left three others injured. in central gaza, israel's bombings in the city of deira balak killed two people additionally, two civilians were killed and several others injured an air strike on the nuseirat camp. in the south, israel's artillery targeted the vicinity of nasa and al-amal hospitals, injuring number of civilians. four palestinians including two infants, were killed in attack a house west of rafa. the palestinian health ministry says the regime's for

how key an ally is jordan both to israel and the us?- both to israel and the us? e that it happened because there i both to israel and the us? i believel that it happened because there were massive rumours in the past couple of days about retaliation which would be in the same space in the entity of the israeli such as a concealer general in a different country. and this speculation goes to jordan and country. and this speculation goes tojordan and kazakhstan and azerbaijan. i believe the entire region knew about this attack and they were prepared. of course, iran wouldn't tell them exactly where it wouldn't tell them exactly where it would be, this attack, where it can be shot too, but the speculation, one of the speculations wasjordan and thejordanians close the aerospace for this reason. and i would like to again to bring your attention to what i mentioned and thatis attention to what i mentioned and that is the iranians would inform regional allies such as the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. netanyahu had a conversation with them yesterday. and also towa

the anti—missile defence system that israel uses in all of its wars. ays it shot down 99% of the drones and missiles fired from iran. israel says the attack was foiled. us presidentjoe biden has spoken with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and condemned the attacks by iran. he says the us shot down some iranian drones that were headed towards israel. uk coalition forces were also involved in defensive operations. mr biden says he will host a meeting of g7 leaders later to co—ordinate a "united diplomatic response" to the attack. what about the damage on the ground? israel's defence forces say one girl has been injured so far and that light damage was caused to a military base, we do not have details of which base. iran has warned israel and the us that any idf response would be met with further retaliation. hezbollah in lebanon, and houthi fighters in yemen — both iranian proxy groups — have also fired rockets at israel. let's ta ke let's take a closer look at a truly global crisis. we had reaction from the us and by the united kingdom. the white hous

now he's met with his national security team and says us commitments to israel, remain i in cloud. let's close over to john henry's also in washington dc. so we do know that the, the us fully supportive of israel right now. but only to a point, john, that's that's right, joe biden had put out a statement, very supportive of israel in general. he took credit for assembling us battleships and planes in the region for over a week. he said beforehand, but he also sent other messages to us would not be involved in any direct attacks on iran. and he also said that this was a when he conveyed the message to benjamin netanyahu and a 25 minute phone call. he said nothing of value was struck in israel, which seems to be another way for him to say, stay your hand jo, retaliate and continue this escalation. or at least if you do retaliate a, make it a very measured attack. he hasn't said that publicly, but this is the message we're told that was conveyed to nation, yahoo! the white house is very concerned about this escalating. they're also very concerned about us troops and facilities in the m

the vote, while not binding, does come from the un's pressure on israel to change course. it comes as the us welcomed news that israel will allow three humanitarian corridors into gaza following a phone call between president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. for the first time since the start of the israel—gaza war, israel will temporarily reopen the erez crossing in northern gaza. ashdod port will also be opened for humanitarian deliveries. and more aid trucks from jordan will be allowed to cross israel to gaza. the call between mr biden and mr netanyahu was their first since an israeli air strike killed seven international aid workers from the charity group world central kitchen, sparking international outrage. the white house is urging israel to allow a "dramatic" increase of aid into gaza within "hours or days." sean dilley reports. in the heart of the white house, a phone call with israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and a clear message from the us president that his patience is running low. joe biden told his counterpart that israel must do more immedi

to quote, take a decisive response to iran says is variable plans were used in what if considered as a major escalation in israel's, with it's regional adversaries? in the meantime, b is really government is coming on the increasing pressure over mondays and strikes and gaza, that's killed. 78 workers, senior us democrats have signed to let's have a drawing for the whole thing of armstrong 1st. if israel does not do more to protect civilians, the conflict here it is, rails are stored paws. h shipments bound for gaza will soon be accepted. and for the south, the air is crossing will be reopened, says is rent. it used to be a pos way for people to cross the border until her mouse militants used it as an entry point for their october 7th terror attacks. now israel will reopen the check point temporarily. israel is about phase comes after pressure from its closest ally, the u. s. a phone attempt starting cole, president biden told, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that the us would review it, support of the wall, if changes when it made a reprimand that appears to have sped, is road to action. partner he's rails abo

it's a gamble to work out what israel might do next. the usit is not going to respond against iran directly but the question is, what will israel do next? ~ ., the question is, what will israel do next? ~ . . the question is, what will israel do next? . , the question is, what will israel do next? . ., , , ., next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned _ next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that _ next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that the - next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that the iron . allies? you mentioned that the iron dome, arrows. the broader connection, how would that have been worked out, coordination, what roles were other countries playing? central command, us commando, was in israel getting ready for what was going to happen to them are preparations in place. allies including the uk would have been consulted so we know that britain had typhoon jets up consulted so we know that britain had typhoonjets up in consulted so we know that britain had

a clear, a clear warning to the us if it helps israel deal with these incoming rockets and missiles, the us will will pay a price for that. what's your assessment as someone? who's been to iran, you were just there are a few weeks ago and you smoke into these iranian officials >> well, first of all, i do think is there a direct threat towards the us by the islamic revolutionary guard corps? and i think one of the things the iranians have been saying wolf, is that the us obviously needs to watch out, especially in the region there, in the middle east with a us bases that it has in that region, the iranians obviously saying that they have their proxy forces on the ground. and of course tonight, they've also shown that they're pretty powerful in the air as well. certainly one of the things that we've been hearing here as we've been talking about all this in broadcasting and seeing some of the images is that not many people would have expected the iranians to be able to launch that many projectiles towards israel, talking about drones. and of course missiles as well. and especially for ha

us. few minutes ago. 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, 120 ballistic missles. after hamas attacked israel on october 7, they told us they don't intend -- they don't intend to stop. they are continuing over, israel has been very specific in telling us what they need. $4 billion to premrenish the iron -- replenish the iron dome, $1.2 billion to help israel counter mortar threats, $3.3 billion to support military operations in the region. they're very specific about that. now, when you look at the axis of evil, russia, china, iran, north korea, of course the threats are growing every day. why are they growing? because the biden administration is practicing appeasement -- appeasement. there is agreement in supporting israel. i continue to say, it is time for us to support israel, our greatest ally in the region, the only jewish state. let's make certain that they have what they need to defend themselves. thank you, madam president. mr. marshall: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: thank you, madam president. as israel is under attack from iran, we st

israel. he joins us live from israel with a firsthand look. ari, thanks. thanks for joining us this morning. what was it like being a part of that? the anticipation of it and then the actual event itself? oh, the anticipation was rather terrifying. and the most terrifying part of it is explaining to your kids that they're going to be shot at again. we have four kids, all under the age of 15, and the prospect of spending yet another night in the bomb shelter was not anything that we were looking forward to, but we spent most of the night watching the us and israel and jordan. even in the uk, shoot down this horrendous attack from iran and felt enormous amount of pride that what israel and the united states are able to do when they put their mind to it. how much time did you spend in a bunker? meaning like what was the exact or basic amount of time that the attack unfolded? for someone that was in israel? yeah. so we got reports at 11:15 p.m. last night that drones had left iran, which is a funny thing to watch in real time on x, you know, the country that yo

that the strike shows the depth of israel's brutality as the regime keeps violating all international norms and laws. the senior mass official condemned the continued us support for israel saying that washington is responsible for televives crimes against palestinians. on the notion of talks for a possible cease fire, he stress that any deal must lead to an end to the onslot on gaza and the withdrawal of israeli forces from the territory. speaking on the eve of the international guds day, hamdan called for worldwide rallies in solidarity with the palestinian people. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has held prayers over the bodies of the seven iranian military advisers killed in israel's monday attack on iran's embassy in syria. ayatollah khamani prayed. over the bodies after meeting with the families of the marties. the bodies arrived in tehran from syria's capital earlier on thursday. the official funeral ceremony will be held on friday, which coincides with international quds day. the israely attack killed two senior iranian military commanders and five accompanying officers who were on an advisory mission to syria. when palestinian journali

military central command was just in israel coordinating with the israeli military. tell us about that >> he's in israel. it has been fairly often since the beginning of the war, some 6 months ago, but this trip, this latest trip, was moved up. he remains in the region, but crucially, he was in israel for a couple of days meeting with senior israeli military leader here's the minister of defense, the idf chief of staff to coordinate a response and to make sure that the israeli and us military's are on the same page here that they're communicating, that they know what options they have available in terms of defense, there's obviously farther out the us assets and you'll hear there the sirens, warning of incoming fire. there are obviously the us assets in iraq, syria, and elsewhere. then there's israel's own layered aerial defense, the arrow three, which is primarily but not only a ballistic missile defense system the david slim, which is more of a medium range aerial defense system, very similar to the us fat and missile defense system that we've seen positioned around the wo

the us is israel's most powerful ally. the us is israel's most powerfulally. the us is israel's most powerful ally. in his hardest criticism yet, joe biden called the growing humanitarian crisis unacceptable said he expects benjamin netanyahu to take steps towards an immediate ceasefire. steps towards an immediate ceasefire-— steps towards an immediate ceasefire. , , ., ceasefire. the president made it clear and — ceasefire. the president made it clear and our _ ceasefire. the president made it clear and our policies - ceasefire. the president made it clear and our policies with i it clear and our policies with respect to gaza will be dependent upon our assessment of how well the israelis make changes and implement changes to make the situation in gaza better for the palestinian people. better for the palestinian eo - le. better for the palestinian --eole. ., . people. reporter: how much time are ou people. reporter: how much time are you giving _ people. reporter: how much time are you giving them _ people. reporter: how much time are you giving them to _ peo

about israel's lans hamas. tell us about israel's plans for— hamas. ns for rafah _ hamas. tell us about israel's plans for rafah now. - hamas. tell us about israel's. plans for rafah now. benjamin plans for rafah now. ben'amin netanyahu fl plans for rafah now. ben'amin netanyahu expressed _ plans for rafah now. benjamin l netanyahu expressed yesterday neta nyahu expressed yesterday that netanyahu expressed yesterday that the date was set to coincide rafah to eliminate hamas. the president of egypt, and friends and jordan express in an article published in the washington post and other media outlets said any operation it would be disastrous because there is about 1.5 billion living there and most are refugees. if it does happen it will be more clearly, more violence and it might escalate because there is tension between israel and hezbollah and iran, vowing to retaliate because of what happened to the destruction of the consulate in syria. all of that will put pressure on mr netanyahu but it seems he is insisting that he will go to rafah to achieve this

israel. all right. kevin liptak, standby for us. let's go now to jeremy diamond, who is on the ground in jerusalem and jeremy, it bears repeating that at this what we know is that iran has launched dozens of drones at israel. that is what we know. we don't know exactly what the scale of this will be. we don't know how it will unfold we don't know if there is more, but what we do know is that these drones have been launched from iranian territory toward israel what else are you learning >> yeah, that's right. and i think it's also worth looking back at the last several days because it was really on yesterday on friday, that this notion that iran was going to carry out this attack itself and that it was going to carry out this attack directly on israeli soil. oil that's when that notion really began to crystallize with us and israeli intelligence, i was told yesterday by an israeli official that israel was preparing for the possibility of an iranian attack on israeli facilities on israeli soil. and we have watched over the last 24 hour

a lot of the, a i system that is being used by israel limited. so i continued the military incursions across the gaza when it comes to this live on the ai system, each from us militant is targeted by it. it's set to have an acceptable collateral damage threshold around 20 civilians. although circle high level targets that fit, that goes to a 100, we talked about it. so that basically is real saying it's ok to kill a 100 civilians. if we get one high value talk it you think so that explains why we're looking at well over 30000 civilians dead in this war. exactly. it means that i need to rely on this e, i live and there is actually a because multiplying by one of the, if i, you, sorry, i you and it is very clear. that's how can they just be fi? uh, cuz uh, you know, lecturing them or anything by the bombing, the home. why they're not getting, uh, they're not getting the people are connecting to the get the form and they want them to. the only thing is that this, uh a uh, you know, is not going to anything you want to find. the top is all, all speake

and to add insult to injury, the us says. israel using weapons in line with international and humanitarian law and that israel is not blocking gaza 8, saying israel's use of american weapons meets requirements of new. national security memorandum, despite overwhelming evidence that proves otherwise. the us provides israel with nearly 4 billion dollars a year in military assistance. if it wanted to stop the israeli genocide, it could do so by using that as leverage to condition us aid for israel, but it continues to provide israel with bombs, which may be why joe biden has new nickname, genocide joe. well, you seeing reactions come now based on the massager that has taken place at the al-shaf hospital now that the israel regime forces reportedly have withdrawn from uh the area of that hospital, the iranian foreign ministry has come out saying uh it's shocked by what has happened uh also first uh the foreign minister saying that now the foreign ministry is urging an international probe into the attack at gaza hospital this with the pu

are. and what the us president joe biden says out in the public, as i said before, is not what's going on behind closed doors. the military aid is very pivotal because uh, without it israel can't continue what is doing. we're looking at average of between 50 to palestinians being killed every 24 hours, let alone the structural damage that's taking place there. uh, what is us's uh goal when it comes to this genocidal war? is it drawing up plans, military plans with israel as to how it? seeds, most definitely, the integration between israel and the united states reached its pinnacle during the trump administration, we know that there was an integration of israel into the central command structures and there was an integration of air defense radars etc. during this particular period, so this is an old relationship that has only grown from strength to strength, and the fact that... that the united states has provided diplomatic cover to israel when the most grotisk violations have been taking place, despite the icj's ruling that there's a plausible case for genocide, despite the fact that they have not complied with the united nation security council resolution which the uni

a to see here if they will. condition that change the 8 that the us is giving israel. and you'll be watching it closely for us that was the w. washington correspondent benjamin alvarez. thank you for the latest and i asked journalist saw me circle in jerusalem, how the phone call between and by midnight and yeah, who went down in israel. so 1st of all, i must say that it hasn't been any re dog. that hasn't been any press called friends. that hasn't been any statement coming out from the prime minister is the office. so what we hear is a kind of like a very is vague leaks from the prime minister's office. but we just hearing things like that conversation was almost an hour long uh, 45 minutes, 50 minutes. and this is the contrary to what we hear from where washington the conversation was 30 minutes long. in terms of the content we, we don't to hear this kind of over rhetoric a here. i mean, it is disclose that the conversation was a task, but it's more like a business as usual. i can, i can tell you that one and i list the are a who is quite close to and benjamin it's on

israel. if you're just joining us dozens of iranian drones are now bound for israel as well as cruise missiles, according to the israeli news media yeah, this of course, leaving the entire middle east and beyond very much on edge is forces are planning to intercept as many of those aircraft and missiles as possible. the united states has said they will help with those interceptions at best they can at this hour. however, we do not yet know what the results of these attacks may be just moments ago, the white house said that this attack is expected to unfold over the next few hours. it is just past midnight in israel, we have got reporters and analysts all over the map as we try practice news including mj lee at the white house, jeremy diamond in jerusalem, clarissa ward, and tel aviv and ben wedeman in beirut. i want to get straight to our ben wedeman who is in lebanon, a-band, if you could please bring us up to speed with the latest what is iran using out to attack israel? >> well, as we heard just an hour ago, that the ron had launched drones in the direction of israel. now, we heard but also

other cost uh to israel, well you have israeli linked vessels uh and us and uk, uh vessels also being targeted by the yemani army, impacting the maritime trade of israel, that affects consumer prices, and of course uh, the maritime trade decrease for israel is another consequence. then when it comes to jobs, there's a lack of staff and labor force with an unknown future, especially on the political side, massive company closures have also resulted with no new companies coming into the picture. the us israel genocidal campaign continues to take palestinian lives, but the toll on the israeli economy and the west bank also continues to rise. dongrading of israel's credit rating by the mudy's credit rating agency is a significant factor. for the first time in 30 years, moodi's down. israel's credit rating, after the downgrade, moodies made another move, it lowered deposit ratings of israel's five largest banks. movies also attached a negative outlook as the ongoing onslot of hamas, it's aftermath and wider consequences would raise political risk for israel. moodies asserted that the aggre

it was a strong discussion president by releasing a statement often would saying that to israel, sorry, that the us remains support for israel remains on class. and that they remain storage ally of israel, that they will stand side by side. now we've been also hearing reports from sources that were close to you, that phone call in us medias saying that the the present also really pressed upon benjamin netanyahu. that the us is not interested and will not stand by israel when it comes to retaliation. participate in any retaliation against iran. and it is also being said or why they reported that a prime minister benjamin netanyahu really understood the words from the president in that phone call. so we'll have to see exactly how israel decide to push forward with this retaliation, but it certainly looks like they are going to do. so that's certainly a said that they all going to and it's more than likely in fact, i think almost impossible that they want to follow through on that promise. it is. well, keep us up to date out correspondents in jerusalem for more on the specifics of a bronze attack whit

, some 300 ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones being targeted at israel. the us has repeatedly said israel, of course, has the right to defend itself. it has the right to respond but they certainly did not want israel to the risk escalation. what we have heard from the biden administration is take the win. they told israel to take the win. recognize that you defended yourselves for middle-east last weekend, there was it's almost no damage no one was killed in that attack. and that was a response you'll remember michael to the israeli strike two weeks prior in damascus against a bill building at the iranians claim was a consulate building in which seven irgc members, including a senior commander, were killed. in the view of the biden administration's the playing field i'd been leveled clearly, israel did not see it that way and they felt the need to respond to what truly is a was a historic and unprecedented attack by iran so in the course of the past few days, israel has been telling the that they did, they do, they did intend to respond to iran but in a limited

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israel. so i've used it in the past. it used to be a great big kind of building, but you would go through stringent security. you would then walk down a kind of kilometer long covered walkway. it into gaza itself. it's not, never has the set top to cope with call. okay. so at the other aspect of this is that, that, that, that crossing was quite and significantly damaged at the beginning of the war. so we don't know at the moment how well set top it is to actually handle significant amounts of aid coming in to what, what could needs be done to make it fit for doing so. the box, the plan is as we understand it, that aid would come by see to these ready port city of asked out there with it and make its way a few comments of south to arise. and from then pa, from that pos, into the northern part of gauze that, which is being, it was the 1st bits of the script to be bombarded and associates by it is ready for us. is that the beginning of the war? so the, the part of casa, which is the most in need, but also, yeah, we don't kn

— this leaves the dynamic between israel and the us? look, i think the ke thin israel and the us? look, i think the key thing now for this _ israel and the us? look, i think the key thing now for this is _ israel and the us? look, i think the key thing now for this is that - israel and the us? look, i think the key thing now for this is that i - key thing now for this is that i think— key thing now for this is that i think where do we go from here? and the next _ think where do we go from here? and the next phase of this story is going — the next phase of this story is going to — the next phase of this story is going to move back to gaza. there have _ going to move back to gaza. there have been— going to move back to gaza. there have been very intense talks between the americans and the israelis over what happens next, over israel's desired — what happens next, over israel's desired attack on rafah in the south of gaza, _ desired attack on rafah in the south of gaza, the americans very concerned about the impact on the many— concerned about the impact on the many many— concerned a