right now will not escalate unless israel strikes again. lester. >> all right, tom llamas tonight, thank you. let's bring in chief foreign correspondent richard engel in jerusalem. richard, it seems both israel and iran are pulling back from the brink tonight. >> reporter: they certainly are. what you just heard, lester, was a very positive sign iran could have been making threats. instead, iran was dismissive saying that there wasn't a ballistic missile attack, that this was just a tiny drone attack that it was quickly able to defeat, and this is what we've been hearing from the iranians all day saying that their attack, that iran's attack over the weekend was so big, so powerful, that israel was too intimidated to do anything but this pathetic little attack that we saw. that is very positive, because it allows iran to claim victory. israel is also claiming victory, because israel was able to show that it can get through iran's air defenses, attack iran at a time and