Our viewers in the United States and Around The World. This is cnns continuing breaking News Coverage of iran strike on israel. Im christiane, Amanpour In London alongside my colleague Alex Marquardt In Washington. And were learning more about iran is unprecedented attack on israel this morning, iran says it targeted the base. Israel used to strike the iranian consulate in damascus the idf says more than 300 missiles house and drones were fired in yesterdays attack the majority were fired from iran itself, but some were launched from iraq. And yemen. Only a few were able to peers the defenses hitting an air base in Southern Israel causing minor damage. And there are no reports of major injuries or deaths suffered directly from the strikes. Israel says, the us, britain, and france also acted during the strikes. Us forces intercepted more than 70 oneway Attack Drones and at least three Ballistic Missiles, according to two, us officials familiar with the matter. And this morning, tehran s
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good to be with you, i m katy tur. we re watching a couple of stories, incoming an update from the governor of maine on the mass shooting last week. we re going to bring the news out of that. first, there are some major developments out of israel. the idf says it freed a hostage inside gaza. colonel yuri magadesh was e retrieved. she is said to be in good condition. as for the rest of the hostages, prime minister benjamin netanyahu today argued the ground incursion and intense bombardment are helpful. our common assessment of all of the not only cabinet members but the security forces and the military is that the ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty, but the possibility of getting our hostages out. because hamas will not do it unless they re under pressure. they simply will not do it. you ll notice netanyahu was speaking in english there. that was a press conference for foreign media, an acknowledgment that israel needs to convince the world t