And another attack. They repelled irans attack, which was impressive. He says, it was a success which shouldnt be given away easily, hence our advice for the Israeli Government to be part of the de escalation. Lets take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. Iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. So how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 Cruise Missiles and 120 Ballistic Missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. Most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time ir
Prime minister to think carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran at a time of its choosing. There has been an Emergency Meeting of the Security Council where it was said that it is vital to avoid any action that could lead to Major Military confrontation on multiple fronts in the middle east. But israels ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. Irans ambassador said it was necessary and proportionate and carried out carefully to minimise the potential for escalation. They may try to overwhelm air defences with multiple ways of drones and missiles but the advance defence system destroyed most in the air with the help of allies. How is israel able to defend itself with the help of allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance. But the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired. Including more than 170 armed dron
Military commanders. Us Officials Say President Joe Biden told israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. The Un Security Council convened an Emergency Session on sunday to discuss the crisis. Opening the meeting, the uns secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, its vital to avoid any action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. Adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price. But israels ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. He said it was vital to israels future to respond to the attack. A nation of lions. But irans ambassador defended his nations actions have a listen. We are never seeking to contribute to the spread of the conflict contribute to the spread of the confli