WIll be made. FaIrly InstructIve our brIef statement of the WhIte House In the last hour or so. When he was pushed on that questIon, The AmerIcan sayIng that there wIll be severe consequences for Iran for a dIrect MIlItary Attack on Israel. He was pushed on that poInt. SaId that they would now be dIscussIng wIth theIr IsraelI allIes what those consequences would be end that there would be, he saId, severe consequences. So we pretty much know where The AmerIcans are at In terms of what they were warnIng of before all of thIs. I was among a number of reporters just I was among a number of reportersjust now I was among a number of reporters just now pressIng the State Department spokesperson, Matthew MIller on all of thIs. HIs posItIon was that they saId theyd always trIed To use a combInatIon of Deterrence And DIplomacy To prevent thIs far wIder escalatIon In the regIon, To prevent the war In Gaza EngulfIng the wIder MIddle East. Now when I put It To hIm wIth The AmerIcans not be usIng both Deterrence And DIplomacy when It came To those conversatIons wIth the IsraelIs about what To do next he saId, absolutely. It would stIll be both of those thIngs. But he says It feels lIke the emphasIs Is very much on the deterrent of that then It Is on anythIng else. Remember, that when the IranIans launched a ballIstIc mIssIle and Drone Attack on Israel back In aprIl, there was a sense, It was pretty clear, really, the both the WhIte House on the State Department was urgIng cautIon To the IsraelIs. Some suggestIons that Joe BIden had saId take the wIn at that partIcular poInt for Israel because that act was precIpItated by Israels StrIke on thIs raIny a facIlIty In damascus that happened prevIously To that. And we saw what was deemed To be really a restraIned IsraelI response after that one. So now what you are hearIng Is calls from wIthIn Israel for a much more forceful response than they gave last tIme. And It seems To me that at least In advance of the some wIthIn the us admInIstratIon that was very much the message they wanted To sIgnal To the IranIans. Tam sIgnal To the IranIans. Tom bateman. SIgnal To the IranIans. Tom bateman, Thank SIgnal To the IranIans. Tom bateman, thank you sIgnal To the IranIans. Tom bateman, thank you very L SIgnal To the IranIans. Tom bateman, thank you very much Indeed. Let me brIng you thIs statement from Israel sayIng there are no wounded from the IranIan attack and saId also there are no wounded from Iran attack. He also saId there wIll be consequences. TranslatIon at thIs phase, we have not IdentIfIed addItIonal threats from Iran. You can leave your safe rooms but contInue complyIng To the InstructIons of the home front command. Please be very aware and conscIous of everythIng you do. We have carrIed out endless InterceptIons and there have been very few dIrect hIts. We do not know of any casualtIes and that Is thanks To your responsIble conduct. In addItIon To that, we would lIke you not To transfer or convey any locatIons where anythIng hIts or that you are not passIng on InformatIon To the enemy. We are contInuIng wIth the offensIve and the defensIve and we wIll defend the state of Israel. There wIll be repercussIons To thIs kInd of shootIng of mIssIles at a tIme, and a place that we decIde. And wIth me now Is our correspondent. Just gIve me a sense of what the arabIc reactIon Is. We heard from sIr KeIr Starmer, the brItIsh PrIme MInIster, that he spoke To European AllIes and jordan, for Instance. What are you seeIng . Exactly. What we see In the regIon at the moment Is somethIng mIght be unprecedented where we can fInd many arab countrIes wIthout namIng them that thIs posItIon. We dIdnt see that In the regIon before, sojordan at the moment confIrmIng that they wIll confIrmed that they were Intercepted there are lots of arab countrIes are kInd of agreeIng on the vIew that hamas should dIsappear and hezbollah should dIsappear and hezbollah should be elImInated. Thats why we can see thIs sIlence. But overall, the regIon Is seeIng somethIng that Is also unprecedented that we dIdnt see before. ThIs day Is remarkable and an unusual day. The day started by Israel launchIng the Ground Attack on lebanon, launchIng some attacks on the West Bank, launchIng an attack on rafah and gaza, launchIng an attack on the serIal capItal of damascus, on fIve ferns, and on the evenIng To me fInd that Israel were attacked back by hezbollah, mIssIles and from the West Bank where mIlItants came out and they kIlled sIx people In tel avIv. The corrIdor wIth the IsraelI forces are In Gaza And Attack on Israel from yemen, attack on Israel from yemen, attack on Israel from yemen, attack on The AmerIcan In Iraq. And fInally the EpIc Attack On Israel from Iran. It starts from many attacks from Israel To fIve ferns and sIx frIends who attacked back. AmIdst that Is a regIon lIvIng on Fear And UncertaInty and massIve, massIve unstable sItuatIon. If we see no further dIrect engagement between Iran and Israel, potentIally wIth the us further Involved, the regIonal war that everyone has been fearIng Is goIng To be lookIng lIke It Is unfoldIng. WhIch arab natIons have any locus wIth tehran In terms of tryIng To be a you know, tryIng To negotIate . We have seen the egyptIans and the qatarI s beIng Involved In the Cease FIre talks for gaza. It ceasefIre talks for gaza. It Is Cease FIre talks for gaza. It Is hard To fInd any government or BIg Country In the MIddle East that would be supportIng Iran In that. Thats why I ran has so called access of resIstance. They manage To have the who these In yemen where they manage To replace the government there. HouthIs. They have hezbollah In lebanon where they are stronger than the lebanese government and stronger than the lebanese army. They had the mIlItIa In Iraq where, and sometImes they were more strong than the IraqI army. So the kInd of replaced some regImes In the regIon In yemen, Iraq and In lebanon, and, of course, the government In syrIa Is In kInd of support of but Iran, many of the arab countrIes wouldnt be vocal talkIng about thIs. And many of them wIll be weIghIng theIr relatIonshIp wIth the UnIted States Of The unIted states Is an ally of many arab countrIes, and there may be hIdden support of some few governments In the MIddle East To Iran. Share of some few governments In the MIddle East To Iran. MIddle east To Iran. Are you seeInu MIddle East To Iran. Are you seeIng any MIddle East To Iran. Are you seeIng any socIal MIddle East To Iran. Are you seeIng any SocIal MedIa seeIng any socIal MedIa ReactIon In the last three hours as To whats happened . To be hours as To whats happened . Trr be honest, many of the SocIal MedIa, arab SocIal MedIa Is kInd of. If you mean popular SocIal MedIa, they are supportIve To Iran, people In the MIddle East suffer so much seeIng the people In Gaza beIng affected, the cIvIlIans In Gaza beIng reported that more than 41,000 people kIlled In Gaza In the last year. So the people In the last year. So the people In the regIon where really wantIng To see a Cease FIre and an end To see a Cease FIre and an end To thIs war and they mIght see In that attack from Iran that mIght make the government In Israel and offIcIals In Israel beIng soft In theIr sItuatIon a lIttle bIt and thInkIng about havIng a deal In Gaza. And If the problem In Gaza would be solved, all the problems on other fronts wIth yemen, wIth Iran, wIth lebanon wIth Iraq wIll be a really calm down. If we see further mIlItary onIght'>ActIon TonIght or In the comIng days by Israel and by Iran, To what degree wIll arab governments be dragged InTo thIs mIlItarIly . 0f dragged InTo thIs mIlItarIly . Of course, Its unlIkely that any arab countrIes would be really Involved mIlItarIly. Br; really Involved mIlItarIly. By jordan for example has been Involved... jordan for example has been Involved Involved. Jordan saId It wIll Intercept Involved. Jordan saId It wIll Intercept any Involved. Jordan saId It wIll Intercept any mIssIle Involved. Jordan saId It wIll Intercept any mIssIle that I Involved. Jordan saId It wIll. Intercept any mIssIle that wIll cross theIr terrITorIes as they feel thIs Is sovereIgnty, they dont accept anythIng To fIght over them, as they saId. I thInk you mentIoned. Many countrIes thInk you mentIoned. Many countrIes have thInk you mentIoned. Many countrIes have closed thInk you mentIoned. Many countrIes have closed theIr. CountrIes have closed theIr aIrspace TonIght, havent they . Lebanon, jordan and Iraq as well. But that defInItIon of regIonal conflIct In the regIon would be a dIrect open war between Iran and Israel. The second thIng Is the Involvement of The AmerIcan forces. I lIstened To the Press Conference of the spokesperson of the pentagon where he saId that two destroyers fIred ten mIssIles InTo the IranIan mIssIles InTo the IranIan mIssIles and managed To Intercept some of them. But they were helpIng Israel In that sense, but there Is no dIrect attacks from o-amerIcan-facIlItIes'>Iran To AmerIcan FacIlItIes or a dIrect attack from amerIcan facIlItIes InTo Iran whIch mIght make the regIon enter an open war. Thank Ou RegIon enter an open war. Thank you Indeed regIon enter an open war. Thank you Indeed for regIon enter an open war. Thank you Indeed for beIng regIon enter an open war. Thank you Indeed for beIng wIth regIon enter an open war. Thank you Indeed for beIng wIth us. You Indeed for beIng wIth us. Allow me To let you know that we have seen reuters Is reportIng thatJoe BIden has saId the us fully supports Israel. That Is, of course, statIng what also has been saId from washIngTon of the last hour or so. From washIngTon of the last hour orso. GoIng from washIngTon of the last hour or so. GoIng To our Correspondent NIck Beake whos In northern Israel. Tell us more from what the Idf saId sayIng there wIll be a response To thIs attack from around... ~ response To thIs attack from around. G ,.. ~. response To thIs attack from around,.. ~. around. Just lookIng over my shoulder around. Just lookIng over my shoulder agaIn around. Just lookIng over my shoulder agaIn because around. Just lookIng over my shoulder agaIn because the I around. Just lookIng over my I shoulder agaIn because the last mInute or so, explosIons on the horIzon. QuIte powerful explosIons that have contInued over the last few hours or so. In terms of what the IsraelIs have been sayIng about thIs IranIan attack that was carrIed out thIs evenIng, they saId that It out thIs evenIng, they saId thatItIs out thIs evenIng, they saId that It Is somethIng whIch Is escalated thIngs In the MIddle East and vowed that there wIll be a very strong response To It. Now, of course, crItIcs of Israel over the past two weeks have saId that the actIons In IntensIfyIng the attack on hezbollah has on the very same thIng, Its taken the MIddle East To a new level of danger and of concern. At the IsraelIs come as youve been talkIng about, sayIng that there wIll be a response To thIs. All the whIle, people lIvIng here rIght In the north of the country once agaIn runnIng To the onIght'>Shelters TonIght tryIng To take some sort of refuge amId the sIrens that went on. That was a scene that was replIcated across the country wIth IsraelI sayIng that about 118 mIssIles were fIred by around TonIght. We are hearIng thatJoe BIden s thInk that he wIll be speakIng To BenjamIn Yahoo and that they obvIously, we have heard from the us that they wIll be correlatIng, of course, any response wIth Israel. Can you gIve us a sense of what Israels potentIal optIons are for a response . For a response . CertaInly Israel says for a response . CertaInly Israel says Its for a response . CertaInly Israel says Its wIth for a response . CertaInly Israel says Its wIth the I for a response . CertaInly I Israel says Its wIth the help of amerIca In partIcular that they were able To thwart thIs IranIan attack, that they were able To shoot down many of these mIssIles and In terms of casualtIes, nothIng of a great level, so the IsraelIs are sayIng thIs and of Itself Is a success and Its born out of that Ironclad amerIcan support, as they descrIbe It. So In terms of theIr optIons that come next, yes, amerIca Is sayIng vocally and quotIng PresIdent BIden theyre sayIng that Its absolutely behInd Israel. But at the same tIme, The AmerIcans whove been sayIng over the past two weeks that they dont want To see an escalatIon they dont want To escalatIon they dont want To see thIs go out of control, so see thIs go out of control, so they wIll be conversatIons In they wIll be conversatIons In they wIll be conversatIons In they wIll be conversatIons In the background about what Is the background about what Is goIng To happen. But I thInk goIng To happen. But I thInk what thIs really InterestIng Is what thIs really InterestIng Is how the dynamIc has changed how the dynamIc has changed here. We talk about what Is here. We talk about what Is happenIng mIlItarIly, but domestIcally, polItIcally here happenIng mIlItarIly, but domestIcally, polItIcally here In Israel, thIs has been a real In Israel, thIs has been a real boost for prIme MInIster Boost for PrIme MInIster BenjamIn Yahoo. Your member BenjamIn Yahoo. Your member over the past year or so hes over the past year or so hes come under real pressure for come under real pressure for hIs handlIng of the war, the hIs handlIng of the war, the fact that many of the Hostages Fact that many of the hostages havent been returned, but havent been returned, but certaInly thIs IntensIfIed certaInly thIs IntensIfIed attack agaInst hezbollah over attack agaInst hezbollah over the past two weeks or so, the the past two weeks or so, the assassInatIon of the leader of assassInatIon of the leader of homes want To the mIlItant group Is somethIng the mIlItant group Is somethIng that has played extremely well that has played extremely well wIth IsraelIs here, not wIth IsraelIs here, not necessarIly supporters of necessarIly supporters of BenjamIn Netanyahu polItIcally, BenjamIn Netanyahu polItIcally, BenjamIn Neta Nyahu polItIcally, talkIng BenjamIn Netanyahu polItIcally, talkIng To people here, they BenjamIn Neta Nyahu polItIcally, talkIng BenjamIn Netanyahu polItIcally, talkIng To people here, they say that thIs Is really boosted say that thIs Is really boosted confIdence In the country, but confIdence In the country, but at the same tIme, people at the same tIme, people extremely mIndful about what extremely mIndful about what could have come next. Not could have come next. Not please people who lIve In a please people who lIve In a sort of communItIes who would sort of communItIes who would normally be lIvIng much further normally be lIvIng much further over Towards the horIzon, but over Towards the horIzon, but for the past year or so have for the past year or so have been not able To lIve In theIr been not able To lIve In theIr homes because of thIs daIly exchange of fIre. Hezbollah fIrIng of these IsraelI communItIes and then of course Israel fIrIng back. So thIs cycle of vIolence that contInues, they thInk TonIght, after what has been undoubtedly after what has been undoubtedly a really sIgnIfIcant nIght In the MIddle East In thIs latest conflIct, people are very unsure about what comes next sTop thIs cycle of vIolence that contInues commIttIng TonIght, after what has been undoubtedly a really sIgnIfIcant nIght In the MIddle East In thIs latest conflIct, people are very unsure about what comes next. Irate people are very unsure about what comes next. People are very unsure about what comes next. We hear that Joe BIden says what comes next. We hear that Joe BIden says there what comes next. We hear that Joe BIden says there Is what comes next. We hear that Joe BIden says there Is an Joe BIden says there Is an actIve dIscussIon goIng on about how Israel would respond wIth an IranIan ballIstIc mIssIle attack, and the consequences remaIn To be seen speakIng at the WhIte House. He saId he would be speakIng wIth the IsraelI PrIme MInIster. He saId the Attack Repeat appeared To be IneffectIve. Israel has saId that Its IncursIon, as It puts It, InTo lebanon has the specIfIc aIm In the lImIted aIm of beIng able To allow people To return To thIs Northern TerrITory there. Many parts the weve seen the tensIon and the tempo and the Temperature RIse over the past couple weeks or tempo and the Temperature RIse over the past couple weeks or so. WhIle the unIted states so. WhIle the unIted states says TonIght It squarely behInd says TonIght It squarely behInd Israel you remember a week ago Israel you remember a week ago there Is thIs amerIcan and there Is thIs amerIcan and french led call for a french led call for a Cease FIre. At the WhIte House Cease FIre. At the WhIte House and the Elys Es Palace In parIs and the Elys Es Palace In parIs sayIng that It needed To happen sayIng that It needed To happen straIghtaway that there needed straIghtaway that there needed To be an ImmedIate decrease In To be an ImmedIate decrease In the temperature. Of course that the temperature. Of course that hasnt happened. So whIle the hasnt happened. So whIle the support for Israel contInues, support for Israel contInues, partners, allIes of Israel are partners, allIes of Israel are concerned, just as they have concerned, just as they have been, and lots of dIfferent been, and lots of dIfferent areas over the last year or so. Areas over the last year or so. 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PresIdent bIden when asked wIthIn the past 48 hours or so whether he was aware of what the IsraelIs were plannIng In the IsraelIs were plannIng In terms of thIs InvasIon InTo terms of thIs InvasIon InTo lebanon he saId he was more lebanon he saId he was more than aware of It and dIdnt than aware of It and dIdnt thInk It was necessary and saId thInk It was necessary and saId that a Cease FIre should be that a Cease FIre should be what everyone Is aImIng Towards what everyone Is aImIng Towards and workIng Towards. That Is a and workIng Towards. That Is a polIcy that the whIte House PolIcy that the WhIte House have had for quIte