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Welcome to our viewers, joining us from around The World. Im Becky Anderson in Tel Aviv, where israel is vowing that iran will pay for launching a barrage of roughly 200 missiles into israeli territory. And Im Rosemary Church In Atlanta breaking down the key takeaways from the first and only us Vice President ial Debate Fighting between the Israeli Military and the iranbacked militant group, hezbollah. Less than a day after tehran launched its largest ever aerial attack against israel. These are live pictures from beirut, lebanon where smoke is hanging over the sky worthy new strikes launched overnight by the idf against hezbollah targets in beiruts Southern Suburbs after issuing Evacuation Orders for several neighborhoods, Sand Hezbollah have claimed to have Hit Bag were a Rocket Attack on an Israeli Military barracks along the lebanese israeli border. And well get to that in a moment. Meanwhile, both Israel And Iran are trying to control the narrative over the impact of tech runs unprecedented attack the commander in chief of irans powerful islamic revolutionary Guard Corps says 200 missiles were fired and 90 of them hit their targets. Well the israeli Prime Minister claims the attack failed, but is nevertheless promising to strike back scott iran made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it the regime in iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies we will stand by the rule we established. Whoever attacks us, we will who attack him will say days Paula Hancocks covering all of this live from abu dhabi. And before we talk about the impact of those Tuesday Attacks, we are getting news about an incident on the israel lebanese border. What do we know at this point . Well, becky, were hearing from hezbollah that they say that they have targeted a Military Barracks in Northern Israel, and they also say that theyve actually targeted multiple locations in that area including actually thwarting an israeli advance. They say to one of the lebanese towns, ala deaths are just across the border in Southern Lebanon. Now the Israeli Military is not commenting at this point. They say they are still looking into it. We have though heard from one of the main hospitals in the north of israel, rambam and they say there has been what they call an incident but they do not have updates they can give us at this point on casualties. So well monitor that. But when it comes to the iranian attack on israel on Tuesday Night around claims they were 200 missiles. They claim there was 90 of them that hit their target. That is being rejected outright by israel also, at, by the united its states. We are hearing of some damage as we did see images that appear to show some missiles hitting not all of them were intercepted in the air. We know that theres homes in central israel, for example, damaged by shockwaves from some of these attacks, about 100 houses being looked at at this point, we know that there was one person killed as well, a palestinian was killed by this. There were a small number of injuries, but israel appears to be still assessing the damage. We do know from iran and also from what we have seen from geolocated videos that some of the targets were Air Bases simply particular, theres one in southern israel. This is the never team air base, which was also targeted back in april by iran. Now, we saw a number of missiles appearing to hit in that area. No confirmation from the idf at this point as to whether or not there is any kind of damage there and, also, of course, the Mossad Headquarters in Tel Aviv. This has been targeted a number of times as well. So israel has really assessing the damage at the same time as vowing that they will be retaliating. You heard there from the Prime Minister saying that iran has made a big mistake. The question michigan, of course, is what will that retaliation look like to give us some context, we can see what the retaliation was like back in april, and now we know that the iranian attack in april was fast, smaller and less damaging potentially than what we saw on Tuesday Night. But back then we saw israel targeting an Area Vehicle this van in iran, this is an area where there are a number of significant iranian Nuclear Facilities at the time it was believed to be more of a message to tehran that they could take out there. Theyre iranian for Nuclear Facilities should they so wish . And at the time it was believed that the u. S. I. Said, convinced israel to to lower the tempo and to keep it to a limited response. Of course, the u. S doesnt necessarily have that power at this point to Try And Temper what israel wants to do but that is just a bit of context when were looking at what potential response we could see from israel. Becky right lets talk about that. Thank you, Paula Paula hancocks is in abu dhabi. President Joe Biden says, the united states remains fully supportive of israel, but is still discussing an appropriate response to Irans Attack mr. Biden confirmed us is incontinent, a constant contact with the israeli government, though he hasnt personally spoken with prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since august. He said, well, us State Department Spokesperson says those conversations that are being had will continue over the coming days, but made it clear there will be consequences for iran while the u. S. President later spoke on how the attack was thwarted my direction i say its military actively supported the defense of israel and were still assessing the impact. But based on what we know now, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective and this is testament Israeli Military capability and us military im also is also a testament to intensive planning between the united states and israel not to anticipate and defend against the brazen attack. We expected make no mistake. The united states is fully, fully, fully supportive of israel Senior Analyst for Defense Strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute, joining us now, live and you are keeping a keen eye on what is going on here. Yeah, hour by hour i think its important to discuss, given that the Prime Minister here has vowed a response what the likely targets for further israeli attacks on iran. And indeed hezbollah might be. Lets start with iran, what israels options . To your mind if it chooses to Counter Attack or retaliate counter retaliate on iran will look, i think there are a number of clear options in terms of irans military capabilities, its air airbases, the locations of likely iranian ballistic missile forces, Command And Control networks. All of these would be quite legitimate targets to hit the second type of targets, there could be hit would be iranian oil fields that would potentially undermine Irans Economy that could generate into then no unrest, which could threaten the regimes, grip on power. But i think the one that everyone is focusing on quite understandably is the Nuclear Facilities those Nuclear Facilities where around supposedly has built up sufficient Fissile Material that is probably one to two weeks away from having enough this tirrell for a nuclear device maybe longer to weaponize that into a deliverable weapon but from israels perspective, it cannot allow around to get nuclear weapons there would certainly be strong pressure within Netanyahus Cabinet to attack those for those Nuclear Facilities. And essentially set back the iranian equal Weapons Program potentially by years and what would that look like . Would it look like a traditional attack as you might expect from the air or as we have seen of late the attacks on the pagers and walkietalkies. So via hezbollah assets, might this be something more sort of cyber orientated as it were what, what sort of options might israel have at this point . What sort of intelligence does it have and what sort of yeah. I mean, i guess its based on intelligence. What sort of action might it take look, i think you could be bifan, i think whatever israel does do, it has to be highly visible and it has to be seen to be decisive and successful those Pager Attacks that you talked about worst successful, they were an orthodox an audacious, and they had been carefully planned for months. If in advance in terms of israel intelligence getting into the Hezbollah Supply Chain to intercept those pagers and implant explosives inside those pagers. It might not be so straightforward to attack the, for example, the iranian Nuclear Facilities, but certainly cyber attacks where they could against the iranian Command And Control against the Nuclear Facilities. And theyve done that before kinetic attacks, the sort of airstrikes that you could see, the israeli Air Force undertake using precision you can go to weapons and Bunker Busters or sort of weapon. They used against nasrallahs compound the most likely targets, most likely way that they would attack those targets and clearly the israelis have got a a much deeper Intelligence Gathering Operation going on against its, against hezbollah in lebanon. Otherwise, those pagers and Walkietalkies Wouldnt have been as successful operation. It is the assets and hizballahs weapons that are ultimately being degraded in this the israeli say is the goal of this war to restore security to its northern border there, which is threatened by hezbollah intelligence didnt suggests new and i have talked about this in the past that hezbollah has eight significant Missile Capability that we have not yet seen used during this theater of war. Is it clear at this point whether that will be israels next target . We are certainly seeing by the way, just overnight. Here, efforts on Hezbollahs Part to Counter Attack against israeli forces who are now in if not on a temporary basis he says in Southern Lebanon well, certainly whatever attack that israel uses against iran as retaliation for that Missile Attack Last Night, therell be an iranian counter response. And part of that Canada Response could be to unleash hezbollah, to essentially give hezbollah the ability the to launch and use though that large stockpile of weapons that so far we really havent seen on a large Scale Attack and that could be potentially in coordination with an iranian Counter Attack to the israeli retaliation in any war, you attack the enemy responds, then you respond to their attack and so on. So so you could see this going backandforth on many levels were hezbollah, hamas, The Houthis, and the militias in iraq and syria, or being let off the leash by tehran even as tehran unleashes its own retaliation in the future, this is going to go on for several waves and several cycles backandforth. And obviously, each time it happens, the risk of a greater escalation, more intense response by either side increases. And so i do think that yes, you could see hezbollah unleashed that larger us and all that theyre keeping in Reserve Part of that Missile Capabilities is irans Missile Capabilities. So i would fully expect that the us has assets around this region, not least of the coast here, those assets were used to help quick defend Israel Last Night in intercepting at least a dozen of those incoming ballistic missiles to your mind, what are the threats to us assets at this point in region . Threads would be the iranian revolutionary Guard Corps navy that can conduct Swarm Attacks in the Persian Gulf and in the Arabian Sea through the Straits Of Hormuz attacking Us Navy or allied naval forces in those areas in large Swarm Attacks, weve lived gosh, numbers of missile armed, Small Craft that can launch large numbers of missiles. So thats one threat. The other possibility i think is landbased antiship missiles that can be launched from ashore to attack targets off the coast. So if you have Us Navy destroyers operating in the eastern mediterranean, they would be on high alert to try and counter those landbased antiship missiles that can be launched from ashore the third category of threat, which is what weve seen The Houthis try and use is antiship ballistic missiles, which are essentially the same sort of ballistic missiles that iran used against Israel Last Night. But which are capable of targeting ships and see and theyre much more difficult to intercept than a traditional antiship missiles so theres three different categories of threats that i think the u. S. Navy and his allies need to be worried about and the israeli certainly not overlooking the threat from The Houthis in yemen at present. And we were reporting on just days ago the efforts on the Idfs Part to degrade at least houthi infrastructure, power an Energy Infrastructure in the port of Hudaydah A quite significant exercise by the who clearly dont see The Houthis as reined in if indeed that is what the other iran back proxies have been by iran of late malcolm davis. Its good to have your insight is really important to us thank you will in Clare Quran scenes of jubilation in the streets of the iranian capital following Tuesdays Missile strikes on israeli chief of irans Armed Forces says the operation was limited to military ties ill get it was in retaliation for the assassinations of the leader of hezbollah and others. But he warned a broader strikes to come if israel and its allies respond got regime is if the Zionist Regime that has gone crazy is not controlled by America And Europe and wants to continue these crimes are wants to do anything against our sovereignty and territorial integrity. Tonights operation will be repeated several times stronger and all their infrastructure we targeted will iranians fearful of a wider conflict and possible fuels shortages after Tuesdays Attack was seen lining up outside Petrol Stations across Tech Wrong while sudden that is the director of the middle East North Africa programme at chatham house. She joins me now from london. Its good to have you. Weve been talking about what the potential options might be for israel as it vows that it will respond to Last Nights biggest ever aerial assault on the country by iran. Youve heard the iranian position that should they be attacked, they will we more to come and we are seeing still targeted attacks overnight in beirut on the suburbs there. And certainly developing now reports of an incident on the lebanese Israel Border involving hezbollah. And israeli troops there. Sam, what is your assessment . Wouldnt of where this region stands at present certainly this is a very dangerous moment, becky, but irans response was designed to stop the bleed, if you will, over the past number of months. Strategic patience as the iranians define, it, has not paid out for iran, there has been no ceasefire in gaza. And in fact, israel has made it very clear that it is going to do everything it can to address its iran security problem. And that has required israel to take out as much of the Command And Control of the Axis Of Resistance from im hamas to hezbollah to targeting iranian facilities in syria. From teheran Vantage Point its a matter of time before israel is also going to do the same. And teheran or tried to set back or challenge iran support for these groups as well. Iran is trying to throw down some red lines, knowing full well, that it is in a defensive position that hezbollah is compromised and that it doesnt have the traditional, conventional capabilities to fight israel. It is hoping that there will be some restraint, but i think it is also calculating that can take some hits if it needs to, in order to protect itself there will be much disappointment throughout the arab and muslim world that iran has now responded, glad it was so much pressure from leaders around this its region and beyond that, iran had conceded to reining in its actions with a promise of a ceasefire, which of course seems as far away as it has ever been at this point. But does this wednesday morning, does iran look weaker or stronger to your mind given what we saw overnight, given reports, Assessment Reports on the ground here of damage, but no significant casualties and damage. Is this a stronger or weaker iran this october the second is trying to restore the reputational damage that it has experienced over the past few months by directly striking israel without any warning. Unlike the attack in april, iran is trying to project strength but, as an analyst, i dont think iran is in a strong position in the region. It has always been defensive and its activities across the region have not bought iran Support Or Goodwill across the Middle East. Iran is seen to be a destabilized thing. Regional actor and its neighbors and the countries in the gulf are very nervous there is a potential here for a new iran with a new relationship potentially with other actors around this region. If this doesnt escalate any further, but that is a very big if at this stage too many people around this region, it certainly looks like israel is projecting strength, changing the very architecture of this region and its Power Strike Chuck correct well, i think were very much in the Fog Of War right now certainly the Axis Of Resistance is decapitated. We have to see how hezbollah will respond. It is responding to israels entry into Southern Lebanon. This is going to play out out over the coming weeks. We also have to see if the rest of the groups are going to marshal some kind of coordinated response. But the Axis Of Resistance certainly was never no match against israel. Israel has always had the quantitative Military Edge across the Middle East. It has its Intelligence Dominance Military Dominance and the events of the past week has certainly reaffirmed all of that. The bigger problem i see here in the Balance Of Power is twofold. First of all, the big issue is the question of palestine. Nobody is talking about what comes next. Nobody is talking about a Settlement Process Selfdetermination for the palestinians. That is the best way for israel to address its Security Crisis closing down the actual conflict is addressing the issue of palestine i know thats what the jordanian Foreign Minister put out there, just the other day, the second question is when we respect sorry, with respect on that point just before you carry on, i mean, there was a huge Effort Led by the saudis behind the scenes to get some sort of viable path towards a Palestinian State established. At this point. And that is exactly what the Foreign Minister was speaking to on friday at the United Nations when he stepped in in a very frustrated way to speak to reporters in the room about what happens next. The issue is that on the same day, we did not hear Benjamin Netanyahu, the israeli president , in his speech to the unga, mention the term Palestinian State at all. Did we . Exactly youre quite right. And so the issue of palestine is completely neglected. And instead what were seeing is an enabling of an, a broadening of the conflict to address Israels Security concerns, which are legitimate, but only through military terms. Fact, there are other options on the table that option also requires us to think of the other challenge and thats the iran challenge theres no nuclear Agreement Iran has sent ballistic missiles to russia. Obviously, irans roll across the region is on full display and so effectively we have an open war between Israel And Iran breaking out. And it requires international mediation and solution, not just this sort of quiet complicit support of the international community or what it appears to be the quiet complicit support of the international community good to have you said thank you so vocal with you this morning. Let me just get you some images that one Cnn Team on the ground has sent in this morning. This video showing the damage at the site of one strike near a school in these central Israel Town good Darragh Weve been talking about the assessment of damaging casualties as a result of the quite unprecedented aerial assaults on Israel Last Night, we were here in Tel Aviv. I and 45 minutes of very brutal missiles coming through the sky sirens going off a terrifying experience, of course, for those living around the country, i mean, war is a terrifying thing. But the assessment to date certainly from the iranians competes with the assessment here israel, the iranian say 90 of their targets, military and security were hit. The idf here saying very little damage or casualties. But this certainly, these are images of the damage at one site, of one strike, which clearly hitting a very close just to a school in central israel, in the central israeli town of gedera. And of course we must report that one person at least it was killed in that assault Last Night that he was a palestinian man in the in the town of jericho. The israelis conceding that much of those missiles that did hit the ground, hit the ground pretty much open ground, but also in the west just bank we are following another major story for you this hour. The first and only us Vice President ial debate highlights from the faceoff between tim Walz And Jd vance is just ahead look. At the news of the week and ask questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing On Cnn thats too much but i want donald now, can you slice that . I got news for you saturday at nine On Cnn im Jonathan Larson here to tell you about Life Insurance through the colonial Penn Program if your age 52, 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget remember the three ps what are the three ps the three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget . Our Price Price and price. 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And you can still see thick haze over the city today, hezbollah claims it struck and Israeli Military barracks with rockets in Northern Israel after this new israeli strike will Police Departments across the u. S. Are stepping up security at places of worship in light of the attack especially amid this started the jewish high holidays, the nypd expects to have increased patrols for the next two weeks. Theyll also be working with experts for detecting explosives and bridges and tunnels and using Helicopter Units to check for radiation. Believes in chicago, philadelphia, and Los Angeles have also announced increased monitoring the places of worship. Some measures were already in place before Irans Attack on israel election appears closer than ever after the Vice President ial debate on Tuesday Night, going into the debate, a majority of voters said they expected democrat Tim Walz would win against republican Jd Vance. But afterwards, voters were much more evenly split about which candidate came out on top. They sparred over the economy, housing immigration reproductive rights, and other top issues as they made their pitch to voters, just five weeks until election day. They focus their Attack X instead on their opponents running mates. The first question of the night was about the conflict in the Middle East and whether the nominees would support or oppose a preemptive strike on iran by israel following Tuesdays Missile barrage this attack, has received over 100 in unfrozen assets thanks to the Kamala Harris administration, wanted to use that money for they use it to buy weapons that theyre now launching against our allies. And god forbid potentially launching against the united states as well. Donald trump recognized that for people to stoke fear, the united states, you needed peace through strength. They needed to recognize that if it got out of line, the United States Global Leadership would put Stability And Peace back in The World. Now you asked about a preemptive strike, margaret. I want to answer the question. Look, it is up to israel what they think they need to do to keep their country safe. And we should support or our allies wherever they are when theyre fighting the bad guys. I think thats the right approach to take with the Israel Question thank you, senator. Governor walz, do you care to respond to any of the allegations . Look, Donald Trump was in office, will sometimes hear a revision is history, but when Donald Trump was in office, it was Donald Trump who we had a coalition of nations that had boxed irans nuclear program in the inability to advance it. Donald trump pulled that program and put nothing else in its place. So i ran is closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before because of Donald Trumps fickle leadership. And when i ran shot down an american aircraft international airspace Donald Trump tweeted because thats the standard diplomacy of Donald Trump. And when iranian missiles did fall near us troops, and they received traumatic brain injuries, Donald Trump wrote it off as headaches look, our allies understand that Donald Trump is fickle. He will go to whoever has the most flattery or where it makes sense to him steady leadership like you witnessed today, like you witnessed in april, both iranian attacks were repelled. Our coalition is strong and we need the steady leadership that Kamala Harris is providing. Ron brownstein is a cnn senior Political Analyst and Senior Editor at the atlantic. He joins me now from Los Angeles. Appreciate you being with us hi, rosemary so we saw the first and only debate between Vice President ial hopefuls, tim Walz And Jd vance Tuesday Night, who do you think won that debate . And did it change the trajectory of the president ial election in any way . Well, first of all, i think the Vice President ial debates are to us president ial politics as the Bronze Medal Game is to the olympics at sometimes fine, but its pretty much always forgettable instant polling after the debate by and large have found that equal shares of people thought that Vance And Walz well, its one that seems to me about right. For most of the Evening Vance was a smoother, more confident performer as a senator. Hes more conversant with a lot of the federal and international issues that were under discussion and waltzes as a governor. But Waltzs Finish was very strong. I mean, to mix the sports metaphors, it was kind of like hitting a walkoff home. I mean, he really did crystallize what may be the most important issue facing the next Vice President will you support Donald Trump if he again attempts to override the election . And Jd Vance could not would not say no. Yeah. Interesting at that point, of course, the vp he candidates answered a wide range of questions, didnt they . On the Middle East policy, economy, immigration, reproductive rights, health care, climate change, and more. There were a number of falsehoods that has to be said on both sides. But what would the weak and strong points for Walz And Vance on some of those issues . Well, i think walz obviously it was nervous when it started and he at various points in the debate, kind of stumbled over himself. His wording, his weakest his point was certainly trying to explain how he had said he wasnt unanimous square during the democracy protests. And in fact was only there at a later, it doesnt seem like a huge kind of miss apprehension 35 years later, i thought vance was strongest in making the case on inflation, which is interesting because i think trump has gotten away from that and focus more on personal safety, crime, and immigration waltzs best moments. As i said, i think what are the closing . Saying about democracy, but also the exchanges about abortion. I thought vance it was striking that on both Abortion And Health care, he largely dodged the questions hes really been out there on health care, making clear that republicans still have plans to reconfigure, restructure the affordable Care Act to undermine its core protected actually for people with preexisting convict conditions. He did not repeat that tonight on the stage. Is that he tried to kind of evade the question as much as he could. Yeah. And you mentioned Abortion Rights on that issue. Walz laid out the need for women to have control over their own bodies, not the state then fans appear to change his stance on the issue, didnt he . But walz didnt tackle him on that. What was your reading of that particular moment well, i think it was indicative of a lot of the moments. I mean, there was a little bit of the Joe Lieberman 2000 versus Dick Cheney Vibe to tim Walzs Performance in which democrats after in 2000 and i think again tonight fell that the candidate was so focused on portraying it on Reasonableness And Centrism and kind of minnesota nice that he let a lot of opportunities go by and a certainly lead vance get away with misrepresenting positions that hes held and that trump has held you know, in the end. More Sound And Fury then signifying anything Vice President until debates have not really had a big impact on president ial races otherwise, wed be talking about president to caucus after Lloyd Benson demolished and quayle in 1988. But i do think for democrats, they will probably frustrating moments are walz did not take the offensive to some extent, maybe to a considerable extent that was erased from the board by that very strong final few minutes, he really did save the best for last talking about democracy, not only looking back at January 6 and trumps actions, but looking forward to what a vance would do, it presented with the same circumstances in which Mike Pence stood up for the constitution would advance do the same. There wasnt much tonight that will give you a lot of optimism and that would be the case in dane, ron brownstein, good to have you with us. Appreciate it. Thanks for having me and we will hit back to Tel Aviv for the very latest on the iranian Missile Attack on israel. Plus reaction from us Vice President Kamala Harris. Thats next on Cnn Cnn has arrived. 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Com liebermann at the pentagon this is cnn our top story, the aftermath of irans largest ever aerial attack on israel, as well as israels escalating war with hezbollah overnight, Cnn Teams heard blasts in beiruts Southern Suburbs where israel says it has been striking hezbollah targets the Israeli Military issued Evacuation Orders starting at midnight local time. They are also warning civilians heavy fighting is underway in Southern Lebanon and say that hezbollah is using civilians as Human Shields will meanwhile, israel is warning iran of serious consequences after firing. It fired 200 missiles at israel on tuesday, the idf says at least one person was killed, a palestinian in jericho and several other people were injured. One ballistic Missile Hit near a school in central israel, leaving a crater more than two meters deep. Us says it does not believe israel has decided yet how to respond, but israel insists Irans Attack well be answered are now honing. Same but we are on high readiness on the defense and the offense we will protect the citizens of israel. This fire will have consequences. We have plans, and we will act at a place and a time of our Decision President Kamala Harris, condemning the iranian attacks on israel. She publicly supported President Joe Bidens order for the us military to shoot down missiles headed for israel. She also said that iran must be held accountable for its aggressive behavior. Us president ial campaign and hes getting down to the wire. And harris made very clear her stance on Americas Relationship with israel and interactions with iran we are still assessing the impact, but initial indications are that israel, with our assistance, was able to defeat this attack our joint defenses have been effective and this operation and successful cooperation saved many innocent lives. And let us be clear, iran is not only a threat to israel, iran is also a threat two american personnel in the region american interests and innocent civilians across the region who suffer at the hands of iranbased and backed Terrorist Proxies we will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend us forces and interests against iran and iranbacked Terrorist Right . My next guest writes, and i quote one of my main concerns if this conflict continues to escalate and the islamic Republic And Hezbollah saturate israel with their most advanced, precise, and deadly missiles. Is that the israeli political and Security Leadership could view the effects of such attacks as sufficiently catastrophic and even existential. So as to justify a nuclear strike in response, potentially a demonstrative one at first Falls Sabet is a senior Research Associate at the geneva graduate institute, joins me now from switzerland. This morning im interested in what you have written given that we have seen 200 or so. More ballistic missiles fired at israel, the largest ever aerial attack. And just overnight, Hezbollah Launching according to the idf, some 100 missiles at israel. When you talk about the potential for Iran And Hezbollah unleashing some of its most important arsenal. It does certainly feel as if we are already moving that way just discuss further your concerns at this point yeah, absolutely. I think the Islamic Republic, through this strike that. Its conducted yesterday, has put israel in a position where it feels it needs to conduct a major strike last time april after iran retaliated against it, Israels Risk Response was rather limited to a single Air Defense Radar this attack will be much larger and could lead to further escalatory rounds. And in these specific grounds, iran targeted major military sites, which are some of the most heavily defended places in The World when it, when it comes to Air Defense and it appears at least for the time being that little significant Damage Damage was done in the future, it could saturate those sites as well as civilian and other critical and strategic infrastructure with not only a much larger number of missiles but also using a greater proportion of its most sophisticated systems, including the fattah one, which was used yesterday, and its believed that many of the strikes that went through israels Air Defense system, were were of this type of missile was it a successful attack . Last night on israel . As far as the regime is concerned, or not certainly weve heard the irgc say that these target, these missiles hit 90 of their targets. There is a competing narrative, of course here in israel where although the assessment continues and were not privy to all of the damage and casualties at this point. It does seem as if it was mostly defeated as described by Jake Sullivan Last Night. So does the regime genuinely believe, do you think this went because they morning that was at successful attack. And how do those you dont support the regime. See it . Do you believe in iran yeah. Absolutely like as with the attack last time around, i believe something like 95 to 99 of the projectiles were intercepted this attack is seeming to be viewed as a failure by international and regional audiences opposed to you wrong from the perspective of the Islamic Republican, its allies and the Axis Of Resistance. However, theyre trying to thread a much finer needle. And what they were going is for the spectacle of the attack of basically rain of missiles coming down on Tel Aviv, looking like meteors crashing down from the sky thats the effect that they were going for and the message that this attack was more effective than the attack less last time. And even if it didnt result in major damage at this time around future future attacks. Well well, so theyre going for the Spectacle Effect while at the same time trying to prevent a further six inefficient escalation of a conflict, especially one that would draw ended in states and would have potentially catastrophic effects. As i said before, on, on iran itself lets talk about what israels options are at this point, because that response by israel back in april limited as you had described it, many say was limited because israel was still at that point, ostensibly still listening to the united states, the u. S president and to those In Washington who support it we know the prime Minister Hasnt spoken to the u. S. President since august, because the u. S. President conceded as much Last Night and the question is if it was limited in scope because there was pressure on israel last time to carry out that strike. As such, because it was listening to washington, things have changed since then significantly to your mind, what are the options that israel has as far as targets are concerned . In iran at this point. And what is the likely scenario at this Point Stage of escalation i dont believe that they will strike. So a lot of the discussion has been about whether israel will or should in Response Strike major iranian Nuclear Facilities as well as major economic partner its like oil facilities. At this stage of the escalation. I dont believe theyre going to strike a major Nuclear Facilities for economic tiger targets. Theyre more likely to attack military bases, including the missile and drone bases, where attacks against israel have been launched from in the past, potentially secondary nuclear sites that are less than and it began and less welldefended, less further underground. And secondary economic targets. This seems like the most likely outcome at this stage, because it would inflict serious damage on iran and allowed the israelis to walkaway saying that they conducted a major retaliation while its the same he time permitting the Islamic Republic to do perhaps a more pro forma response permits farm including Cruise Missiles and drones that are more easy to intercept. And this round could end there. A second scenario which i think at this stage is not unlikely is that israel will attempt to strike major nuclear facility hes although they dont have the capability to do damage to the most deeply buried facilities at fordow and tons and it could also, as has been discussed, potentially strike major economic targets like significant oil term infrastructure, putting the terminal and elsewhere. So thats a second option. That would lead to a significant second round of escalation. And in that round, iran would probably not only Target Israel but perhaps Oil Infrastructure or write Choke Points throughout the region well, these are the moment as we await further detail from Benjamin Netanyahu and his government here for the time being Farzan Sabet in geneva. Thank you very much. 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