Well hello and welcome. Im Becky Anderson coming to you live from abu dhabi, whether time is 7 00 a. M. The world anxiously watching the middle east right now waiting to see how israel will respond to irans unprecedented, aerial assault, Sassy Bombardment ended on sunday and all our diplomatic push began aiming to avoid any further escalation in the region. Will g7 nations met virtually and regional leaders spoke with their counterparts Around The World in an Emergency Session of the United Nations Security Council, the Secretary General called for restraint the middle is, is on the brink the people of the region are confronting a real dangers of a devastating fullscale conflict. Now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint israel now says about 300 drones, missiles, and rockets well fired from iran, iraq, yemen, and by hezbollah in lebanon carrying some 60 tons of explosives nearly all were intercepted by israel with help from the us, the uk franc
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
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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