to that conclusion instantaneously. as we all know. the rule of the jungle in that part of the world is if struck you strike back. it s all about retaliation in order to show force and to maintain credibility so maybe we have breathing space at this particular point in time. we can take advantage of that. but certainly from the israeli perspective, israel must maintain its vigilance and perhaps this thing will dissipate. but i have my doubts let me ask you a question just from a purely tactical perspective here. if these missiles iran right now is saying drones penetrated this deep into iranian territory. what would that tell you about iranian missile defenses? because there were questions raised about iranian offensive missile and drone capability
support and clearly not being willing in any significance measure to impose real costs on israel for not hitting us warnings and requests, but also to flout international law, including the un council resolution the icj. so i think as well as behavior is partly a function of really the us as failure to exercise leverage over iran. and obviously the us over israel. pardon? and obviously us has significant amounts of leverage that it could exercise if it wanted to over as well. but i don t think there is the political will to do so on the part of the biden administration, asana hassan, that they re in bahrain really appreciate it. thanks for the time. thank you all right. more on breaking news on the explosions in iran after a quick break, we ll take a look at regional reaction in the latest development that s when we come back every weekday
in this reading between the two sides of each other s intentions, their limits, et cetera, and that of course is the concern throughout paula hancocks in beirut thanks so much. and michael, back to you jim. thank let s get some more analysis on the situation in iran. hassan al-hasan is a senior fellow for middle east policy at the international institute for strategic studies. he joins me now via skype from maluma in bath, rain, and thanks for doing so. i guess it massively significant that iran took action with its measles directly at israeli territory, not through proxies even if this israeli attack turns out to be limited in many ways, how significant is it that israel hit iranian territory directly? it certainly feels like a lot of red lines been crossed yes, we do seem to be in an action reaction counteraction dynamic here. but at this stage, there is obviously much that we don t know. we don t know what the
israelis and hamas. of course, hamas has a presence here in turkey. the turks have a good relationship with hamas. they do not consider them a terror group, but liberation groups, i m in the president recep tayyip erdogan has made abundantly clear. and so there seems to be some diplomatic movement as of late to get the turks more involved in trying to bring some kind of peace to gaza. and perhaps they can also be useful in trying to broker some kind of agreement between the israelis and the iranian as well, jim, you have particular with talk of keter, perhaps retreating from that role, cnn, scott mclean, inestimable. thanks so much thanks so much, to, all of you for watching. i m jim sciutto in new york and i m michael holmes here in atlanta, are breaking news coverage continues with john vause next get there s some
retaliate. but at the same time, within that retaliation is a message was a message that is, yes, we can get through. don t do it again if you do it again, then all heck, we ll break out i feel like that s a statement we ve heard repeatedly in both directions in recent days and weeks retired us army major general martin claire mccarthy. thanks so much thank you and we will have more on a breaking news coverage of the israeli strikes against iran. and just head insight from an expert on counterterrorism, please do stay with us blue carbon. plus cnn filled sunday so my daughter tells us you re in television. you could say streaming data and you are $40 a month for live sports, news and entertainment slings question the gantz. please.