Coverage edition of fox news at night the reporting you see, the map on your screen there, the reporting has been fox news has not confirmed these strengths but the reporting has been there have been explosions in syria. Explosions or explosions heard in iraq and explosions in southern iran, about 200 miles south of tehran p. Or can a place. In this area there are Nuclear Facilities. We do not know if those Nuclear Facilities were targeted up your act they just happened to be in the vicinity and so right now we are waiting for clarification from the Israeli Government and clarification from iran. We know that there were. But we do not know the specifics of what happened, of how many strikes there where p. Or we dont know if these came from the air, if they came from drones, we dont know where these strikes came from but we do believe that they came from israel. Nobody has knocked down any of that reporting as of yet we should point out that they are now reporting an israeli strike within iran says the u. S. Was not involved and there was prenotification to the United States from the israelis which is important here because if you consider this that the u. S. At least was notified. Weve got aaron cohen with us and a rabbi. Weve got several military experts. The whole concept here is that now we know for the first time that at least the United States was notified as of late today, they were reporting that the United States and israel were negotiating israel going into rafah which is in Southern Gaza and if they were going into rafah the United States was willing to that mission as long as they did not retaliate against iran. Now the United States has been put on notice that this did happen and of the question becomes what is the United States do now . Apparently they are going to stand by their ally at least in the early hours. To what the rabbi said, i think that the u. S. Is tightening up their game with israel because it has to. I believe that like you said there was a conversation that wouldve happened regarding rafah and Holding Israel back. You need to hold restraint and not go after iran. Im going to come back to this. Israel doesnt have the luxury to not preemptively carry out selective operations like we may have seen here for the survival of this nation going all the way back to what the rabbi said which was 67. They have historically been attacked every decade. If israel has gone actionable intelligence, they will move. Specifically when it comes to iran because of the potential for nuclear capability. 2020, israel took out that Nuclear Scientist who was a member of the ir gc, track to that guy since 2007 with a very robust operation. Why would israel put the resources and to taking out one individual . Because of that nuclear potential. Its a big deal with israel and it could end israel within a minute. Its a big deal. They are making moves right now its because they have to. Youve got israel which is 7 million jews surrounded by 200 million arabs and muslims. People say that the israelis are the oppressors and yet they are surrounded by 200 Million People. I want to go back if we can to the ground in tel aviv. What are you learning . Its about 15 or 20 minutes since we last talked to you. Have you learned anything or are you hearing anything . We now know that there is daylight behind you. As the sun comes up here in israel we continue to gather more information about what took plays overnight across the middle east. Iranian state media starting to provide some confirmation about the activity in their country overnight. Indicating that there were indeed explosions in this province that sits just south of the iranian capital. They claim that air defence was active over iranian territory. What is significant here is that the iranians are indicating something took place. The israelis have not yet commented on the explosions overnight. We dont know if these were indeed missiles or some sort of drone strikes that took place, specifically south of tehran. Its also interesting here the iranians are saying they have closed their Main International airport in tehran to civilian traffic and again we were tracking those flights that made a uturns overnight as the story was developing. It is important to step back here and look at the situation on the ground. This is an indication that the israelis were responding to this massive Drone InitialMissile Attack launched by the iranians over the weekend, but also that they were coordinating with The Americans to ensure that this was a limited response as to not escalate the region toward a broader conflict. Israeli officials throughout the week had explained there was no other option than to respond to the hundreds of missiles and drones that were launched from iran toward israel last weekend. They said the response would be immediate in the coming days. Reports indicated it might not take place until after passover. Something we should note in terms of israeli responses, they often come in stages and in phases. This could be the initial phase, showing the iranians that the israelis do have the ability and the will to target facilities and targets within iranian territory. We have no confirmation on the target that was reportedly hit or targeted in these explosions that took plays overnight. But if the israelis were conducting such an operation, they are likely not to project exactly what took place. What we can confirm is that conversations were taking place over the past several days between The Americans and the israelis about what such a response might look like and how it would be limited in scope. The iranians have an opportunity here to claim victory though. This is significant the israelis and The Americans as they are related to all of this in terms of the planning with the israelis are giving the iranians and exit ramp. They will claim this morning and right now they are claiming there were explosions near an army base in the province where weve been reporting all night about these explosions taking place. In the iranians claim that air Defence Systems were active over the province and that they were successful. This is Iranian State media so we cant independently confirm the success of the air defence. They said they were successful in shooting down any sort of projectiles that were over iranian airspace irans main Airport Into Ron remains closed at this hour to civilian flights of the israelis have not yet commented on the situation but we do know Israeli Forces across this country are on high alert, concerned about the possibility of any sort of iranian retaliation. The question here is what exactly was targeted in this response, likely by the israelis israel wants to send a message to iran that they have the ability to target their Nuclear Facilities if needed. Its interesting because we are showing brandnew video. These are explosions apparently over the city. This was just sent in on the righthand side of your screen. If we could take this foldout would be great because we havent seen this yet. These are explosions and while we are watching this trait i want to ask you and follow up with Jennifer Griffin and moments. The Crossing Wires right now is that Nuclear Sights in irans province remain unharmed. Around State Television said on friday its air Defence Systems were activated in the city against suspected drones which as you were saying moments ago, it is going to be turned from iran as a victory as they knocked down our drones coming np or queen knockdown theres there was no damage to our nuclear site. As we watch these explosions happening in southern iran, it appears that you can see both sides kind of claiming victory here. Absolutely. The Israeli Campaign against Irans Nuclear program is ongoing and will continue to be ongoing regardless of what took plays overnight. The iranians are enriching uranium closer and closer to Weapons Grade material. Just last year the uns Nuclear Watchdog was able to confirm that there were enriched particles close to 90 percent. That his Weapons Grade material. Not yet reaching 90 percent pure also you have watchdogs indicating that the breakout period for iran is down to just a matter of days to create a Nuclear Weapon. Last weekend you had the iranians firing Ballistic Missiles at israel. The same missiles that will be used to launch a Nuclear Warhead that drew concern from the israelis. Something that they expressed in Background Briefings over the past week. Remember the israelis are also patient the iranians have described themselves as operating through stood strategic Patient Spirit they have going after the program for years. Back in 2020 they killed a covert operation. He was a man who was conducting research to get around closer to a Nuclear Weapon. So israel may have conducted this attack overnight to send a message to iran that any sort of attack on israeli territory like we saw last weekend with drones on missiles would not go unanswered and that they have the capability to target iranian Nuclear Facilities if they so desire. At this moment Israeli Forces do have to remain on high alert but it appears at least according to Iranian State media that there is an exit ramp here for the erb audience to say that this counterattack was not so successful and maybe give the region a possibility to deescalate as tensions continue to soar. We will get back to you as the war warrants over the explosions, lets bring in the chief National Security correspondent Jennifer Griffin just to go over this, Iranian State television now reporting that Nuclear Facilities near the city what you have probably read, fully safe after air defence batteries fired in the area. Maybe theres an offramp. Maybe you have israel and iran both saying we knocked each others drones out of the sky, maybe we call a draw and move on or is that somewhat hopeful. I think what you are seeing occur right now is based on sources that ive spoken to who confirmed that israel did strike inside iran but this was unlimited strike as weve been reporting. A limited strike suggesting that it is not designed to escalate tensions with iran p. Or can now what does that mean . At this point in time we cannot confirm that israel was targeting irans Nuclear Facilities. Certainly symbolically by striking inside the province where some of those key Nuclear Facilities are again, we dont know what the targets of the strikes where p. Or the u. S. Government source has confirmed to my colleague that there was an israeli Missile Strike that occurred within iran tonights. It was not a manned aircraft that was involved. And jackie is reporting that the u. S. Was not involved in this strike and there was free notification to the u. S. From the israelis. The white house National Security council and the pentagon are declining to comment on what is occurring in the middle east tonight. That is for a very good reason trace. Of the u. S. Not want this to expand. They do not want to be involved. The u. S. Stands ready to defend israel but the hope based on the reporting that ive done so far is that this is a limited strike it is designed to send a message to iran that you cannot strike within israeli territory and not expect a response now the question, weve reported that the iranian National Security council is meeting, how will iran respond . The Foreign Minister who landed in new york earlier this evening, he said that if israel embarks on further adventurous attacks, irans response will be immediate and maximum level. Decisive, definitive and regretful to them. The ir gc has warned that it would attack israels Nuclear Sites if israel responds to Saturday Nights attacks by striking Irans Nuclear sites. We have no confirmation that israel has struck Irans Nuclear sites p. Or it is a very difficult operation. Those who say that if anyone can take out Irans Nuclear program in a series of Missile Strikes, that is just not accurate. You cant do that. These are deeply buried underground in most cases. It is a very complex program. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu had said and telegraphed that his country would respond p. Or can we are seeing that response as we speak tonight with those explosions that occurred inside isfahan. Karen has said also that it may now pursue a Nuclear Weapon if the country if israel strikes at the Nuclear Facilities. The question now for irans leaders, will of the will they take a decision that iran will cross that threshold. It has enriched uranium as we reported to 60 percent. That is not the 90 percent Weapons Grade that it needs. It has enough material, it has not taken up final decision to put together a Nuclear Weapon peer kit can do so. It only takes a matter of days or weeks for them to cross that threshold. What will the impact of tonights strikes be on iranians Supreme Leader. Will it elicit a different kind of response from the world and the United States. I think we have to really be clear what this is. The hope from u. S. Military officials that ive been speaking about since speaking to since Saturday Night is that this is not the beginning of award. The u. S. Has been working, u. S. Central command has been working very hard since october 7th and since irans proxies have been firing On Hundreds Of Times at u. S. Military installations and now In The Red Sea with the houthis to keep this from spreading. The question now is how will around respond . This was a limited strike by israel. It did not involve manned aircraft. The iranians theres going to be a lot of propaganda being put out tonight about irans wanted missile Defence Systems. I can tell you based on my reporting over the last few years, iran does not have sophisticated missile Defence Systems. They do not have was what israel has and what we saw Israel Employee OnSaturday Night. They have limited russianmade Missile Defence. They are good for certain sites but they are not the arrow or the ages or any of the Missile Defence that israel has. Just from a laymans perspective here because it seems like such a tight rope walk. Youve got a limited response from israel as you say and the hope being that iran decides to claim victory, to say that its defences are also robust and that there is no harm no foul. It really is very risky to do that because as you said you have the Foreign Minister of iran saying in any capacity if israel comes after us, we are going to robustly go back after them. Again we are dealing with what is the rhetoric. There is going to be heated rhetoric from the iranian side i think that the Iranian Foreign minister is in new york planning to go to the un security council. I think iran will try to make have this. I think that iran is going to try and when Public Opinion with painting israeli the has railings as the aggressors. The question is what will irans actions be and what we saw last Saturday Night, iran only has between 10200 Ballistic Missile launchers. They are difficult to take out. It would take a number of warplanes and other missiles and drones to take out those mobile missile launchers. Its not as easy as it sounds. They only have what we saw them shoot on <