A lot of building tension over the last couple of days as this region really waited to see how israel would respond to that unprecedented attack by iran last saturday. We didnt know what it would look like in what would happen and some people yesterday thinking it was not going to happen until after the upcoming passover holiday. We now know according to fox news Military Source that israel is responding to iran with these very targeted and specific strikes in the esfahan region. That is roughly 200 miles away from the iranian capital of tehran. This is significant because not only is it close to the capital, but also near the Nuclear Facility. We should mention the site was not hit in the strike appeared to target the nearby iranian airbase. But really clearly shows that israel has the capabilities to hit this area and hit it when it wants to. As it stands, Iranian Media has been downplaying the strike. I havent reported damage from the strike or direct impact. Relieves only comments
retaliatory strike again iran overnight. so far, no comment from tel aviv but we know iran s nuclear facilities are secure. you are watching fox & friends on this friday morning. todd: the biden administration, the source had notified before the straight but not involved. another response from both sides where tit for tat is a dangerous game. but they were doing it in a somewhat calculated way to not escalate things beyond what they already did. so i think we need to be looking at how can we actually try to gain additional peace. what we don t want is full out regional war but it is about understanding the diplomacy and what is needed to continue our efforts. todd: madeleine rivera standing by with more washington on that. an expert analysis but we began with jeff paul live in tel aviv, jeff. good morning, there has been