Not long afterwards, this Amateur Video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. A man showing his watch as he indicates its safe and secure. Irans state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. Triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. Other than that, nothing has happened. But israel took irans strike early on sunday very seriously. More than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99 were downed. Iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. Suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. This morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. Attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa. Hope people in iran will understand, were not seeking for war, but were seeking for peace, and we want to be here safe so, und
because i think you were discussing with matthew about the cease fire. until there is an end to the war in gaza and there s not going to be any end any time soon, all of iran s proxies are still going to be burning fires and sometimes they blaze dangerously. iran will continue to speak out against what it describes as the usurped zionist regime. that seething enmity between the two sides has not gone away. the ending of the gaza war would help to ease the tensions, but there are so many players in that mix, it still remains a highly, highly unpredictable situation. we will be live in washington and jerusalem in about 20 minutes time on the programme. to northern ireland now, where fifteen former british soldiers, and an alleged former ira member, who were investigated for perjury, will not face any charges. they were accused of giving false accounts to the inquiry into bloody sunday when soldiers opened fire during a march in londonderry in 1972, killing thirteen people.