allies like the u.s., the u.k., and france helping but also arab nations as well in this coalition that israel will be wanting to keep together as it tackles their increasing threat from iran. it has been a war that has been taking place in the shadows for so many years. with iran s proxies and denial attacks. israel as well launching denial attacks. those lines have been crossed in the last week. with iran choosing to directly attack israel. and now, israel doing the same back. though like you are saying, clearly the focus is on containment on trying to keep the heat out of this and the hope the limited scale waiting for few details of what has taken place the last few hours. but if it is as limited as it seems, the hope will be that
dangerous moment. thanks so much. now let s remind you of what has happened. air defense fired around 4:00 a.m. local time. a single strike on a carefully selected target. iranian media is reporting they intercepted three drones and they have no plans for immediate retaliation. well, foreign ministers including the u.k. s david cameron are meeting at the g7 summit in capri. they are urging iran and israel to deescalate.
impressed upon israel. israel had planned with the u.k., israel, and france how it responded to the attack. the british forward positions, more fighter jets. the head of the u.s. was here. there was support from the arab countries like jordan. support for the gulf states, saudi arabia, too. the message from israel s western allies is there is something here you can build upon. don t take any action against iran that is going to jeopardize, you know, this new fledgling relationship. this new military relationship. we are not talking about something like a middle ian version of nato. but israel does want to try and create a missile defense system
support for israel not urging them one way or another too stridently. david cameron, foreign secretary, he is at the g7. also secretary of state antony blinken. we are expecting to hear from shortly. the prime minister is giving a speech at 9:30 in the morning. that will be on welfare. we had an announcement from the government about a set of welfare reforms they are planning but he might be asked on this issue of wheys going on in iran and israel. so we can expect to hear more from him. but the language is all about deescalation. israel has come under pressure from the u.k. and the u.s. and other european countries to show restraint. but david cameron was in israel speaking to netanyahu on
from the u.k. and other countries. and while they have chosen to respond, it does appear they have responded in a limited way. they have left both military and diplomatic space for iran to potentially choose not to retaliate. and i think as long as israel does not claim credit, it is possible for the iranians to kind of wave this away, to keep talking it down in front of their own people, but we will see in the coming hours what path they take. yeah, to keep talking it down and hopefully not continue seeing it escalate in this region. nbc s raf sanchez live from tel aviv, thanks so much. i want to bring in now former fbi agent clint watts. can i get your reaction to this news, and what are you going to be watching for in the coming hours here. i think the first thing we re