it's limited. what is israel saying? >> reporter: we are hearing nothing officially from the israeli government. their position is that they are neither confirming nor denying israel's involvement in the strike. we have heard nothing from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the sun is about to go down. we are not expecting to hear anything from him. all of this appears carefully designed to give iran an off ramp to allow them to choose not to retaliate without losing face. the israelis are not crowing, they are not gloating. they are certainly not rubbing the iranian's face in this. iran is downplaying this. the iranian president spoke earlier. he said nothing about this. state media has been portraying life going on as normal. showing live footage from