Leaders to co ordinate a united diplomatic response to irans brazen attack. Heres what we know about the situation in israel at the moment. Israels military says some restrictions have been lifted. Forces have told the bbc that some restrictions have been lifted on movement inside israel, but did not provide futher detail. Israeli media says israelis nationwide no longer need to stay near shelters. Air sirens sounded in multiple locations in israel earlier. There were explosions over jerusalem, according to witnesses. Israeli media say they are from aerial interceptions. Israels Defence Forces say one 10 Year Old Girl has been injured so far and that light damage was caused to a Military Base. We do not have details of which base. The idf� s Spokesman Says the injured girl is being treated by paramedics. And this is the view right now ofjerusalem. There are reports from witnesses on the ground there of explosions and sirens sounding. Explosions. Sirens wail. Multiple sirens wail. As you can hear, sirens sounding in a loud explosion and he may have been able to see flashes in the night sky above the city. This was from our live position injerusalem hours ago. Earlier, we heard from daniel hagari, spokesperson for the israel Defence Forces. Iran has launched a direct attack from iranian soil towards the state of israel. Tonight, iran launched a Large Scale Co ordinated attack on israel. The regime in iran fired a massive swarm, over 200 killer drones, Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles, towards the state of israel. Together with our allies and partners across the region, we are operating at this very moment to defend israel from irans attack. So far, we have intercepted a vast majority of incoming missiles by israeli systems. So far, we have intercepted and are continuing to intercept dozens of Attack Drones as well as Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles outside of israels border. A number of iranian missiles fell inside israeli territory, causing minor damage to a Military Base with no casualties. Only one little girl has been hurt, and we hope she will be well. The iranian attack is ongoing. Our plans are in the air. Tonight, a wide scale attack by iran is a major escalation. Together with our allies and partners, we are operating at full force to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. We will continue to fulfil this mission. Ambassador to the un from israel has said in a letter to the security council, this is part of a dangerous trend of deterioration and the gravity and volume of the attacks are unprecedented and a fragrant invasion of the Un Security Council resolution. Antonio guterres said that he called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. We have been talking through that the course of the night and what is the country well just waking up to, James Lansdale . Just waking up to, James Lansdale . ,. , ~ ,. , lansdale . They are waking up to an uneasy lansdale . They are waking up to an uneasy dawn, lansdale . They are waking up to an uneasy dawn, in lansdale . They are waking up to an uneasy dawn, in israel, an uneasy dawn, in israel, lighting up the capital city, jerusalem, and waking up to the reality that in the first time many can remember, israel has been subject to a direct attack by its long term flow, iran. For many many years there has been a conflict but it has been one of one removed where iran has used its proxy forces are militias and other people in the region to attack in the region. Very rarely, actually going out into the open and attacking israel openly because the potential risks that may involve. Iran, overnight, has taken that risk of huge escalation in this conflict and as far as we can tell so far the maximum number of missiles and drones fired, at the moment the officialfigure is and drones fired, at the moment the official figure is about 200. I would expect that to rise. The israeli authorities are saying most of those missiles and drones were intercepted outside of israel, meaning israel has had a huge amount of help and support from its allies this night, to protect it. I think the interesting question this morning will be how that support is leveraged into diplomacy. You have heard just now there will be a meeting of the Un Security Council today, President Biden said he wants to convene a meeting of g7 allies. I think they will try to use those opportunities to bolster support for israel, because israel, having been very criticised for the way it has been behaved in gaza over the last six months, but this morning, it is the victim of an attack and i think its allies want to exploit that, not just to try to rally support for israel and put pressure on iran, but also to try and restrain israel. Because the question now facing israeli Policy Makers will be how do they respond to these attacks and how do they do that in a proportionate way, and i think the allies of israel and others in the region will want that to be as measured and calibrated and limited as possible. What and limited as possible. What is the day and limited as possible. What is the day ahead and limited as possible. What is the day ahead now and limited as possible. What is the day ahead now look and limited as possible. What is the day ahead now look like for ordinary israelis, going about their business . When we are in a new reality where what you have called a shadow war, now appears have potentially become a war. What does that mean for them . Mean for them . They will be wakin mean for them . They will be waking up. Mean for them . They will be waking up. They mean for them . They will be waking up, they will mean for them . They will be waking up, they will be mean for them . They will be | waking up, they will be going to work. This is Sunday Morning, the start of the week in israel. They will be carrying their Mobile Phones with them with their Civil Defence alert at the ready, in case there is any further attack. Remember, it is coming up attack. Remember, it is coming up to passover, not all of the schools are open but last night the civil authorities announced that all educational activities, trips, camps, they would be cancelled. The government has also banned any mass gathering of people, more than 1000 people, presumably because that would present too much of a target. That means there will be constraints on any demonstrations that may have been planned, certainly any mass gatherings, concerts, Football Matches, things like that. Life will be different, i think. Ithink that. Life will be different, i think. I think israel this morning is waking up to a new reality, a more dangerous reality, a more dangerous reality, where we are still not entirely sure how this escalator react by iran will play out what it means by the region. Play out what it means by the reuion. �. , � ~. , region. And we dont know whether region. And we dont know whether they region. And we dont know whether they would region. And we dont know whether they would take i region. And we dont know| whether they would take us region. And we dont know whether they would take us and to be perfectly frank but in terms of a potential response from israel, what might we see . Israel has Military Capacity to hit back against iran. I imagine there will be some pressure within, by policymakers to respond like with like. Not to target irans allies, proxy supporters, but to attack iran proper. They may want to make sure any attack is calibrated on a military target, but equally, i think they will have lots of voices in there is from the allies, saying less is more. On this occasion. The less they can do to escalate the situation, rather the more they can do to de escalate it, the better. James landau, our diplomatic correspondence, reporting during the course of the night, and i went in the morning, james, thank you very much. Joining me live now is former cnn state Department Reporter elise labott and founder of zivvy media. Always very good to have you with us on the programme. To begin with the fact we have seen a direct attack from iran, directly from the revolutionary guard, do you think this is something that israel was anticipating . I something that israel was anticipating . Something that israel was anticipating . I think it was very much anticipating . I think it was very much anticipating anticipating . I think it was l very much anticipating some kind of reaction from iran. If he saw what happened over the last week or so, iran went to the united nations, it invoked article 51 of the un charter and basically alerted the International Community that it would be undertaking a response. After it did, you heard the sergeant saying earlier that it would consider the matter closed. It is kind of this Co Ordination you have seen over the last 48 hours or so, President Biden, almost as if he knew exactly what was going to happen, he came out and said he was expecting the response sooner rather than later. Then you saw the trajectory of the drones and missiles, most of them being shot down. I wont say the International Community knew exactly what time and where the missiles were coming but there certainly was an alert to the International Community. Lets talk more International Community. Lets talk more about International Community. Lets talk more about that International Community. Lets talk more about that because l International Community. Lets talk more about that because of so that statement from President Biden, talking about the readiness. He says in the statement at my direction to support the defence of israel the us military moved aircraft and Ballistic Missile systems to the region over the course of the past week. What does that tell us about the continuing partnership of the United States and israel when we know if we take a look back at the last few weeks there have been tensions with regards to the relationship Betweenjoe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu and how israel had been prosecuting the war in gaza. In light of these latest developments, where does this stand now . Stand now . I think it goes to show you stand now . I think it goes to show you that stand now . I think it goes to show you that even stand now . I think it goes to show you that even though l stand now . I think it goes to show you that even though there could be tension between leaders of the United States and israel, the defence of israel by the United States is really ironclad and the relationship between the two countries is strong and then to pick up on whatjames said, i think there will be heavy diplomacy now at this stage. Obviously notjust on iran, but on israel, to restrain itself. You saw in the last few days, not only the United States but britain, germany and even russia, even though there are tensions between the us, nato and russia right now, that Co Ordination in terms of going to iran, urging restraint, i think it was said at same urging of restraint right now because the ball is really in israels court. Again you heard tonight from iran evoking the un charter, saying it considers it undertook this response, and considers the matter closed. What does that say . That iran is making a pledge to the International Community it will not be undertaking any more attacks as a result of this particular attack on the embassy. Whether you can trust iran or not, it is making this commitment, not to israel of the United States, but to the un, which you take that membership seriously. I think the way iran undertook the attack, the way you saw it shot down, the ball is really in the court of israel and i think there will be a lot diplomacy in terms of ok, israel took this attack on the embassy, that it felt it needed for insecurity. Iran took the response it needed to take for its own either security or domestic constituency but i think there will be a real effort to kind of de escalate tensions right now. You mention those diplomatic efforts. In the statement from President Biden he spoke of convening g7 leaders tomorrow, he said on sunday, with regards to coming up with a co ordinated diplomatic response to irans brazen attacks, according to that statement. What will that g7 meeting look like, do you think . What could they potentially come up with . I think it is going to be a lot of rhetoric. There is going to be a lot of rhetoric in terms of there is a real ironclad defence of israel, that it stands by israels security and there will be able a lot of handwringing about a iran but at the end of the day i think the real efforts will be focused on israel not taking this a step further to escalate so then iran, even in that statements to the united nations, it said hey, we consider this matter closed, but if israel wants to escalated further, we are ready. Right now, it could go two ways. We could temper down the tension and the escalation or it could really spiral out of control and if you heard the un Secretary General � s statement tonight, it was about escalation. So, a real effort now im not getting into the spiral and tit for tat attacks. There was minimal damage to the israeli facilities. Unfortunately, that one young girl was hurt, but as the attack stands as it is now, if that were to be it, i think the us and its allies would consider if lucky that there was no further damage, that civilians were not killed. We saw everybody rushing to israels defence. It shows that even though there is a war going on and there is consternation about how israel is prosecuting it, israel should feel comfortable that the International Community has its back on further attacks from iran. You see an attack on israel right now i am not sure how the International Community will respond. I5 community will respond. Is mentioning the war there and the fact that israel is engaged there in gaza. The promise from Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu with regards to the operation in rafah. Where do you think that leaves the situation right now . If you think about the idf, for example, does it have the numbers to continue in gaza while also having the readiness for the situation we have with iran right now . If for the situation we have with iran right now . For the situation we have with iran right now . If you go back to 2006, iran right now . If you go back to 2006, obviously iran right now . If you go back to 2006, obviously what iran right now . If you go back to 2006, obviously what is i to 2006, obviously what is going on in gaza right now is much more extensive than the military operations in gaza at that time, but israel was fighting a two front war. It was fighting in the lebanon, it was fighting in the lebanon, it was a very robust, extensive war, and it was also writing in gaza. I think right now, israel has i think withdrawn a bottle of troops from gaza, not just because it has been chastened after the killing of the tragedy of the world Central Kitchen Workers but it has been preparing for escalation with iran and i think you will see a stealing of the army and idf and Intelligence Forces ahead of a potential escalation with iran which nobody wants but that does not mean the war in gaza is over but i think you will see a lull and hopefully there will be some ceasefire negotiations, but i think that is how israel might be calculating it. If it escalates, we really dont know, but certainly, they will need to deploy more reservists and i think there is going to be able a lot of conversations right now about how they can fight the two front war, as you say. Fight the two front war, as you sa. ~ ,. , y fight the two front war, as you say. Absolutely. Also at a time where there say. Absolutely. Also at a time where there are say. Absolutely. Also at a time where there are over say. Absolutely. Also at a time where there are over 130 where there are over 130 israeli hostages, of course, you have not been returned, and we know of course for those families, and very painful situation. A situation that has caused a lot of frustration with Prime Minister netanyahu. What does this mean for the families, the hostages, but also, what do you think this means for Prime Minister netanyahu when we know he has been facing a pretty tough time at home . He been facing a pretty tough time at home . , , been facing a pretty tough time at home . ,. ,. Been facing a pretty tough time at home . ,. , at home . He has been facing a very tough at home . He has been facing a very tough time at home . He has been facing a very tough time at at home . He has been facing a very tough time at home, at home . He has been facing a very tough time at home, and l very tough time at home, and you did kind of see these protests erupting recently protests eru pti