And israel appear to be downplaying what happened early this morning. we heard from the iranian president a couple of hours ago. he did not even mention the strike. iranian state media is saying the situation is calm, that civilian flights are moving as normal, and despite all the bluster that we ve heard this week from the iranian revolutionary guard that any israeli attack would be met with a massive and immediate response, this morning iran is neither accusing israel of responsibility, nor is it saying that it will retaliate. from the israeli side, they are neither confirming nor denying responsibility for this attack. we have not heard from prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. we are not expecting to at this point, and israel is not crowing, not gloating, not rubbing iran s face in this, and it appears that this is highly calculated. they are trying to give the
We re back with breaking news out of the middle east this morning, as israel retaliates delivering its promised response to iran s drone and missile attack. now, israel struck inside iran early this morning firing missies toward a military base. iranian media down playing the attack calling it situation normal. let s get to raf sanchez in tel aviv, allie raffa at the white house, and retired lieutenant general steph twitty is with us as well. raf, walk us through the latest. what do we know? reporter: so ana, we are now 12 plus hours on from this israeli strike, and it does not appear, at least at this time, that we are hurdling towards further escalation. instead, as you said, both iran
Right now on ana cabrera reports, we are tracking breaking news here at home and overseas. day four of donald trump s hush money trial just beginning. they have a jury. now they need alternates, and there is a critical hearing today that could impact trump s potential testimony. breaking news in the middle east, israel retaliates striking targets inside iran. what it means for a region already on the brink. and this hour a key vote in the house on foreign aid as the threat to mike johnson s speakership because of that vote intensifies. hello, it is a busy friday morning. thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, already incredibly busy news day. israel s strike on iran, action on capitol hill expected this
Iranians an off-ramp, trying to give them the space to make sure that they can choose not to retaliate without losing face. it s important to remember, ana, this strike did not happen in a vacuum. april 1st there is that alleged israeli attack on the iranian embassy compound in damascus, and then last saturday, iran responding with that massive barrage of 350 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, most of which were shot down by israel and its allies. in terms of the strike itself, it happened at around 4:00 a.m. the main target appears to have been a military base near the city of is ta han, a couple of hours south of tehran. a source familiar with the situation tells me it was a limited strike. the israelis spent the hours afterwards assessing the damage, assessing the effectiveness. it is not clear at this point whether israel carried out this
Risk pouring fuel onto these rising tensions in the middle east. that was the main message that was echoed by really what we have seen as the only official reaction from the biden administration, when secretary of state antony blinken spoke during his trip to italy for conversations with g-7 leaders, he held a press conference this morning, and during that press conference he was asked whether the u.s. received a warning, a heads-up from the israelis before this strike, something that u.s. officials had asked their israeli counterparts to do. listen to his response here. the united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. what we re focused on, what the g-7 is focused on and again, it s reflected in our statement and in our conversation is our work to deescalate tensions, to deescalate from any potential conflict. reporter: blinken not saying whether that heads-up was given, but the italian foreign