Imprint. Com. Imprint for certain cnn breaking news hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Alex Marquardt live in washington with our continuing cnn breaking News Coverage of iran is unprecedented strike inside israel overnight. It is noon in israel, the country getting back to normal following that historic never before seen attack by iran against israel. Take a listen those are the israeli airraid sirens that Israeli Citizens to become all too accustomed to in the past six months with the war between israel and hamas but those were not hamas rockets flying it. Israel, those were iranian drones, ballistic and Cruise Missiles. The Israeli Military saying that more than 300 of those projectiles were fired at israel well over the course of five hours. But the idf says that the vast majority, almost all of 99 were shot down. The few that did get through those formidable American Allied and israeli air defenses all across the region. And in
Sylvia 2 weeks ago as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And has one cabinet consider their options to what has officials have called a severe and dangerous escalation. We want to multiply westbank, one, palestinian is killed and at least 46. 00 of the engine attacks by israeli settlers. And the missing 14 year old settlers found that the ultra days of threats yvonne has launched is vitalia tree attack on is road. That is really say more than 200. 00 drawings, ballistic and cruise missiles were those to the country. The majority of which were intercepted the anyway its are and sounded and more than 720. 00 locations for hours of an ice. And rockets were intercepted across the country, paid on says the strikes of in response to, as well as the bombing of the iranian consulate. And sylvia, as well as ministry, has told residence. The attack is now over tonight, iran launched a large scale of coordinated attack on israel to the resume on any ronald fired a massive swarm over 200.
Capabilities. And The Americans perhaps the birds, we dont know. Thejordanians and said that they shot some down across their airspace. Between them all day stopped pretty much all of them. There was one Ballistic Missile hit, in Air Force Base South of israel. The israelis, half past six this morning i watch a Zoom Briefing where their main spokesman did for that they were pointedly saying we have video of f 35 is landing at that base was locked up bases operational. So the message from that site is, yes, they try to hit us and we rebuff them. As ever in the middle east its a bit more complicated than that. We the middle east its a bit more complicated than that. We had you on sunda s complicated than that. We had you on Sundays Newscast complicated than that. We had you on Sundays Newscast recently complicated than that. We had you on Sundays Newscast recently and complicated than that. We had you on Sundays Newscast recently and the. Sundays newscast recently and the hi i Sundays Ne
To retaliate for a deadly israeli air strike on an iranian diplomatic compound in syria two weeks ago. Here are some of the latest news lines we are getting in at this hour lebanon and iraq have both closed their airspace. Lebanons iran backed hezbollah says it has fired rockets at the israeli annexed golan heights. In yemen, rebels have reportedly launch drones at israel in coordination with iran. And an israel Army Official has said, the country expects more waves of drones from iran. Earlier, we heard from daniel hagari, spokesperson for the Israel Defence forces. Iran has launched a direct attack from iranian so you looked towards from iranian soil towards the state of israel. We are closely monitoring iranian killer drones that are en route to israel sent by iran. This is a severe and dangerous escalation and our defensive and of readiness ahead of this large scale attack from iran. Together, with our partners, the Israel Defense forces are operating at full force to defend the s
And by then rushed to the white house today, prior to the announcement, the rest of the World Learning that iran had launched these drones and did have some heads up. And he is continuing to meet with his National Security council, which includes the u. S. Secretaries of defense and of state, the director of the c. I a, the National Intelligence director, the National Security adviser. Just a list of whos, whos the top us officials who say they are working close coordination with their is rarely counterparts interacting. The way that the us is supporting israels defense against this iranian attack. And we just got a statement from a senior us defense official saying that the us will continue to shoot down iranian launched drones that have been targeting israel. So a confirmation that the us has indeed been taking down these iranian drones. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the national of Security Council. Again, use this word weve heard over and over again coming from the bottom white hous