Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the White House and around the World Welcome to this Special Edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side im in im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. Were covering the breaking news in the Middle East are counting down to Tonights Vice President ial debate that candidates will take the Stage Age and less than two hours and Irans Attack is certainly to be a Key Line of questioning thats only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov Tim Walz as they take part in what could be the most important Vice President ial debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering Closing Arguments for their running mates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, since there are currently no plans for another president ial debate. What the Vp Nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the White House with Election D
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
Major Breaking News right now. Israel vowing to retaliate after iran launches a major Strike Firing about 200 ballistic missiles at israel. A Strike Iran assists was only a quote, portion of their power. Good evening. Im Wolf Blitzer along with Kasie Hunt, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. This is a Special Edition of this situation it is a sharp escalation between the two sides. One that could tip the region further into an allout War Air Raid sirens sounding across israel as flashes of light Lit Up the sky israels Air Defense System successfully knocking down most of irans missiles but there were some hits. This is one crater in central israel the massive strike coming a day after israeli forces launched a rare Ground Operation into southern lebanon, a mission aimed at taking out the uranium backed militia, hezbollah and tonight, iran is threatening what It Calls a Crushing Quote crushing response if israel carries through with its promise, promis
Between israel and an arab neighbor. Katy tur picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good to be with you. Im Katy Tur in for chris jansing. We are watching israel and waiting for a Damage Assessment after iran sent dozens, perhaps more, of ballistic missiles at the country, including tel aviv. This is what it looked like and sounded like add it was happening. [ sirens ] in a statement, iran says the missiles were in honor of hezbollah leader nasrallah where the israelis killed with a 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb In Beirut last friday. If israel responds, iran says it will face crushing attacks. So will israel respond . Theyre already indicating, yes, they will. The u. S. And allies have been trying to convince all the parties involved to work toward a Cease Fire worried the continued escalation of attacks between Hezbollah And Israel and now iran could lead to all out war. Meanwhile, as the Iron Dome was trying to intercept these missiles, israeli News Outlets were reporting
Less than three hours ago, iran launched a Missile Attack on israel. Here again was the scene from inside of Tel Aviv. [ sirens ] the missiles reached Israels Air Space after a Shooting Attack was reported in Tel Aviv which officials are calling a suspected Terror Attack. At least eight people were killed. Joining us now from jerusalem, erin mcloughlin. Also Nbc News chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel whos in lebanon. Erin, we havent really touched base on the news from jaffa and the suspected Terror Attack that killed according to officials, at least eight people. Reporter yes, thats right. We are hearing from israeli officials that shortly before the Missile Attack from iran, two suspected terrorists aboard a train in jaffa left the train, Opening Fire indiscriminantly killing a number of israelis and wounding before they were shot and killed by israeli security forces. Medics on the scene really describe just this chilling attack. That attack unfolded as iran opened fire and