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near the city of isfahan which is at the centre of iran s nuclear programme. it appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. for days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel s answer to iran s unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it s safe and secure. iran s state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran s strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% ....
it is mid day injerusalem. this time yesterday israel and countries in the region and far beyond watching and waiting to see what iran would do next. and now in the early hours of the morning, the world found out. iran launched for the first time a direct attack against israel. this is an unprecedented moment and uncharted territory. hundreds of drones and missiles were fired from iran into the skies above israel. israel says it intercepted almost all of the projectiles. backed by the us, uk, france and jordan. this morning israeli officials are saying the confrontation isn t over and are assessing their options. iran s military chief told state tv that as far as iran was concerned, a line had been drawn under the confrontation after its retaliatory strike. a strike conducted by iran after the date for the first attack on its embassy in the syrian capital damascus which destroyed the consulate and also killed senior members of iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. i ....
and nothing but propaganda at the same time the british government was in an emergency meeting to come up with a response to what it calls iranian piracy on the open sea on friday iranian revolutionary guard troops ignored warnings from the british navy and seized a british ship in the strait of hormuz the fact that it has taken 3 days for london to announce its response speaks to the few and frustrating options that it has ever since the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal britain has found itself in an almost impossible position how to help the rest of europe save the nuclear deal while maintaining ties with its most important ally the united states and to make matters more difficult britain is counting on a new trade deal with the u.s. after it leaves the european union later this year so the irony was not lost today when the u.k. said that it will put together a naval protection mission in the strait of hormuz to be led by europe and not connected in any way with the ....
Facilities pretty close to where its nuclear facilities are. in other words, the military facilities are. in other words, the military assault that took place in the early military assault that took place in the early hours of this morning had a political the early hours of this morning had a political message to it. it was sending a political message to it. it was sending signals, right? and if you accept sending signals, right? and if you accept that analysis, having your security accept that analysis, having your security minister say this attack was a security minister say this attack was a bit security minister say this attack was a bit lame and undermines the strategy. was a bit lame and undermines the strategy, and that is the implication of the criticism here. effectively accusing the security minister effectively accusing the security minister of undermining what israel is trying minister of undermining what israel is trying to minister of undermining what ....
Understand some israeli leaders had wanted to begin with. having said that, america is always keen to say we cannot tell israel what to do. but given the sort of relatively small response by israel in the grand scheme of things and the even smaller response by iran, i imagine that the biden administration will breathe a little bit more easily. they will know that tensions will not disappear between both countries anytime soon but it has lowered that immediate risk of an escalation. stay with us, nobby. let s bring james in from jerusalem. james, we just reported that that tweet on x from it are mad men give ear, the far right national security minister, one word, it was the hebrew word for scarecrow, intimating that perhaps the attack was feeble. what has been the reaction in the israeli cabinet and amongst israeli officials to the events overnight? ....