Escalation in the middle east. In a Statement Issued after an online meeting, the groups leaders called for restraint on all sides. Israel says the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran have been intercepted. The attacks marked the first time iran has targeted israel directly from its own soil. The israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss its response to the attack. A senior minister, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran in its own time and fashion. The Defence Minister, yoav gallant, said the confrontation with iran wasnt over, and israel must prepare for every scenario. Iran has warned of a much bigger response if israel retaliates. The white house has said it doesnt want to see the crisis in the middle east escalate. A us security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider war. Meanwhile the Un Security Council is meeting in urgent session to discuss the situation. There will be pressure at the unied nations
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the nothing. the foreign ministry even told nbc news the weapons they used resembles children s toys but it looks as though that was a message and one that effectively put the iranians on notice and kept the region from breaking out into a massive regionwide war that could have brought in the united states. matt bradley, thank you for that. i want to bring admiral james, commander of nato and chair of the rockefeller group. he is now a cheap international allergist analyst. let me just at a good friend to the broadcast. welcome and thank you for being here. before we get to the situated between iran and israel, i do want to talk about the actions in the house. president biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy have been asking for this aid for quite some time. what kind of impact on the $60 billion plus have on the battlefield in the war?
one against the other, but a regionwide or that would almost certainly dragon the united states, which has vowed to come to the defense of israel and in the past, has passed naval assets right off of my left shoulder in the mediterranean here, not necessarily because they are going to fight against hamas in the gaza strip, but as a deterrent against iran and its proxies, again, hezbollah, the cats pull in the region. so, if we do see this expand beyond just a fight between israel and iran, we could see hezbollah and numerous other other actors. despite israel and its allies, including united dates, the united kingdom and others, it doesn t have proxy groups around the area, iran has proxy groups around the area that have remarkable military capability including hezbollah. matt, thank you for your reporting, matt bradley lebanon. joining us now is the executive vice president of the quincy
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