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Aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. jonathan spire is a journalist and middle east analyst. he directs the middle east center for reporting and analysis. welcome, mr. spire. good to have you here. so you wrote this week that the israel/iran war is already underway. whats happening on the ground? >> well, as you were describing a moment ago, whats happening on the ground is an ongoing israeli campaign to attempt to undermine and prevent what i would describe or what is of...

Aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. jonathan spire is a journalist and middle east analyst. he directs the middle east center for reporting and analysis. welcome, mr. spire. good to have you here. so you wrote this week that the israel/iran war is already underway. whats happening on the ground? >> well, as you were describing a moment ago, whats happening on the ground is an ongoing israeli campaign to attempt to undermine and prevent what i would describe or what is of...

You can see over the shoulder, this is the ms. missile defense system that will intercept any missiles from israel including lebanon and syria, also the distance those mountains, that is syria off in the corner, the country of lebanon. all this coming as tensions continue to rise in the middle east. on saturday, strike a target in syria that was trying to launch a major attack against the country. the revolutionary guard was reportedly going to use killer drones to target israelis. less than an ...

Correspondent trey yingst has the latest tonight from northern israel. >> the lebanese militant group hezbollah is bowing to retaliate against israel after strikes this weekend killed two of its fighters and small drones attacked a community, communications office in beirut. >> i can say to the israeli army on the border, starting tonight, be cautious and be on standby on the border and wait for us. >> on saturday, israel struck an iranian cell in syria that was allegedly preparing to launch a d...

Iranian-backed militia, according to defense forces were right on the brink of launching what they call severe attacks on northern israel, using what the israelis call killer drones, drones that play themselves are are flown on to target by pilots on the ground elsewhere. theyre saying this was a variant of a drone thats never yet been used against israel. there have been attempted drone attacks, one in the past. it was flying south over the river jordan. in this case, the israelis, very, very q...

Pompeo tweeting support for israel after they took out iranian drone sites. reporter: israel struck a target in syria accused of planning a major attack against the country. a wing of irans revolutionary guard was going to target israelis, according to israeli defense forces. benjamin netanyahu tweeted quote iran has no immunity anywhere. our forces operate in every sector against the iranian aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. iran die -- iran denies any of its forces w...

Was skeptical of the militarys explanation. >> its impossible to see how a youth who is running away from you can pose a mortal danger that justifies shooting to kill at him. >> high ranking officials expressed support for the commander. on the official facebook page he said the man comes to kill you, kill him first. he protects himself and the lives of his soldiers. this is the idea we expect. >> this is sending a clear message that this is acceptable and desirable behavior. >> this is the thir...