Welcome to jerusalem welcome tojerusalem as a new chapter is being written in the turbulent history of the middle east. After decades of shadow wars and covert operations, iran and israel, long time archenemies, are now in direct confrontation. In the early hours of the morning here, iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles over israeli territory. Israel, backed by its allies, said almost all of the projectiles were shot down. It says the attack was foiled. This morning israel is still on high alert and the Israeli Army Says it is weighing its response. Lets look at this video of the events throughout the night in jerusalem and across israel. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in operation. Flashes in Thejerusalem Sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli terr
Was in relatiation for an air strike two weeks ago on one of its consulates in damascus, widely thought to have been carried out by israel. Speaking on Iranian State tv, the armed forces Chief Of Staff warned israel of a larger attack on its territory should it retaliate against the overnight drone and missile attack. Lets bring you up to date with the latest. Lets take a look at how events unfolded. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they trave
around the world is next. welcome to around the world. i m suzanne malveaux. and i m michael holmes. hello, everyone. welcome to the program. we begin in england of course. political toughness earned her the nickname the iron lady. today leaders from around the world remembers former british prime minister margaret thatcher. she died today of a stroke. she was 87 years old. britain s first female prime minister. we ve got a lot more on this life and her legacy coming up. and in syria, a massive car bomb tore through damascus killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more. the bomb went off in an area near one of the biggest public squares in the syrian capitol. now, the square surrounded by state buildings including the central bank of syria. syria s state television says it s believed the explosion was setoff by a suicide bomber. syria s civil war has been going on two years now.