Special live coverage. Im Kaitlan Collins, The Middle East is on the Brink Tonight as the world is watching and waiting to see what is really prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus definition of payback looks like after this rock. Oh god, okay, guys, we got to get off the roof. These are cup iran, that prc is really sky earlier today. On the ground, the sound of Air Raid sirens, 180 missiles in all launched during the assault, sending millions of people racing to bomb Shelters Israel says tonight that the iranian strike had no impact Air Defenses ended up intercepting many of those missiles that were fired by iran. Though i should note, some did land in the central and southern parts of the country, one or one and missile Hit A School and central israel in this burst out of iran is just the latest moment in a year that has been filled with many of them test you want. Israels warplanes assassinated, has Hezbollahs Leader just last week, months after erasing hamass political leader from the
Hello, im alex marquardt. Welcome to the cnn newsroom. We are following Breaking News. Iran has launched an attack act against israel. If youre just joining us dozens of iranian drones are now bound for israel as well as Cruise Missiles, according to the israeli news media yeah, this of course, leaving the entire middle east and beyond very much on edge is forces are planning to intercept as many of those aircraft and missiles as possible. The United States has said they will help with those interceptions at best they can at this hour. However, we do not yet know what the results of these attacks may be just moments ago, the white house said that this attack is expected to unfold over the next few hours. It is just past midnight in israel, we have got reporters and analysts all over the map as we try practice news including mj lee at the white house, Jeremy Diamond in jerusalem, clarissa ward, and tel aviv and ben wedeman in beirut. I want to get straight to our ben wedeman who is in l
salma, thank you so much. meanwhile, u.s. officials have confirmed to cnn that russia launched hypersonic missiles against a military ammunitions warehouse in ukraine on friday. and the u.s. was able to track the launches in real time. sources say the launches were likely intended to not only test the weapons but also send a message to the west. cnn s kylie atwood has more. reporter: russia used hypersonic missiles against ukraine last week. and this is the first known use of these type of missiles used in combat. it s significant because hypersonic missiles travel at five times the pspeed of sound r faster. according to u.s. officials, the united united states was able to track these in real time. and they brief elieve russia wa doing this to demonstrate their military capabilities, but
fifth general killed, according to ukrainian officials. what they re going to do, we re told, is turn to barbaric tactics and essentially try to bomb cities into submission. first a theatre, now a school. what will the russians hit next? thank you. so russia is confirming they launched a series of strikes on military targets with hypersonic missiles. they focused on a military ammunitions warehouse in ukraine. according to u.s. officials, the u.s. was able to track that specific launch in real time. sources say the launches were likely intended to test the weapons and send a message to the west about russian capabilities. cnn s kylie atwood has more from the state department. reporter: russia used hypersonic missiles against ukraine last week, according to u.s. officials, and this is the first known instance of these types of missiles being used in combat, and it s significant, of course, because hypersonic missiles travel at five times
types of missiles being used in combat. and it s significant, of course, because hypersonic missiles travel at five times the speed of sound or faster. that obviously makes defense incredibly challenging to stand up. now, according to u.s. officials, the united states was able to track these occurring in real time and the u.s. officials said that they believe that russia was doing this to demonstrate their capabilities, their military capabilities. but, of course, concerning to introduce these new types of missiles to this war that is ongoing in ukraine with all the death and destruction that has already occurred. now, the russian ministry of defense said these missiles destroyed structures in western ukraine. and we should note that the united states has it as a top priority to develop their own hypersonic missiles, because both china and russia are developing their own. kristin and boris. let s bring in cnn s military address, colonel cedric