We do continue the Breaking News this afternoon, good Afternoon Everybody i Martha Maccallum and in New York and we are willing for updates, expect them very soon. You see the two Podium Tear the pentagon and the State Department we will hear from both, we just heard from Dixilyn Van get you caught up to speed on what he said just moments ago. But the Breaking News today is that iran has bombarded israel with 200 missiles ballistic missile just heard the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken put that number on it and theyre calling It Payback for the killing of Hezbollahs Leader and a hamas official. Hassan nasrallah and also ismail haniyeh. These were two of the highest individuals in iran and both of them, excuse me, 111 and one in iran, have been taken out so in both lebanon excuse me. They have promised crushing attacks if israel strikes back. U. S. Officials have warns iran will face severe consequences. Watch this. Martha that was the skies over Tel Aviv earlier today and jerusalem. Israels Military Reports that video shows iranian missiles flying over the old city of jerusalem. A holy sights for christians, and muslims. Here is a lack at the military power that we have, the u. S. As in the Middle East including three guided Missile Sport destroyers deployed to help defend against an iranian attack. Its an enormous show of force, to foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst live in haifa throughout all of the Breaking Use of the loss of run hours. Congressman Michael Waltz is standing by but purchase bring you tired for costar general Jack Keane for more about Army Vice Chief of Staff And Chairman for the institute of study of War And Fox news senior strategic analyst. General, become you with us. We have not heard from you yet so far this Breaking News. Tell us your reaction, sir. Certainly, iran launching 200 missiles against israel is like the significant event in itself and also providing an early warning that the event is taking place is also pretty significant. Whats going on with the iranians here. I believe iranians have been back on their heels for some time now. Ever since and iowas killed in the Highsecurity Zone where where many of their senior leaders lived. And the Promise Retaliation and eight weeks later, i think were almost in the ninth week, theres finally some retaliation. My israeli sources, relatively higher, told me that hamas, very frustrated with iran over this. Hezbollah very frustrated that they didnt get more support out of iran. And i think the iranians are collating they want their proxies to do the work for them, there was a concept from the beginning. But i believe that giving the tenuous situation that they have, mystically in the country, my sources also tell me its a much more fragile situation than many people realize. So what is the early warning all about . I think that is what its all about. Is letting israel know the attack is coming, about when its coming, to minimize the casualties so there is not a very effective response back on iran that would put pressure on the domestic population. And i think thats exactly what we should do, frankly. Anything the United States should make up its mind to take the houthis off the board, they have shut down the Suez Canal for months, they fired on u. S. Navy warships with antiship ballistic missiles were still playing defense with these guys. It makes no sense whatsoever. Im assuming the United States had a role to play tonight, in Helping Israel and certainly very worthy of that in a Skip Ability and i think the israelis will probably attack soon wrote sooner rather than later. Martha general, i want to go back to what you just laid out there. Because youre so this thing and correct me if im wrong that iran is in such a complex position right now, the leadership in iran, and weve seen the hierarchy charts of which everyone is locked out although theres a lot of deputies underneath those people. But that they essentially needed for their own power and their own country to show this display of an enormous Missile Strike On Israel in order to in order to sort of let that when people look, were responding to these hits against Nasrallah And Ismail haniyeh. Is that correct . And if thats the case, what do you think israel does do next . I think the h that they responded very lightly the last time just taking down an Air Defense Facility right outside the times which is an nuclear enterprise cremated internally from the country. Anything they wanted to show a little bit of living there that you could do something like that and not have to penetrate israel as my israeli airspace were at the same time, you know, they werent doing any real damage. This time i going to take some action, likely likely will be more forceful and comprehensive but also you have to keep in mind the main effort that is rarely israel is conducting right now is aware of . s In Lebanon. Then got a Ground Incursion going on and got a systematic campaign take down as many leaders as they can and as much of the Rocket Launchers and missiles and other infrastructure that they have their. So that is their main effort but i do think s this is a major event. 200 ballistic missiles is significant and i dont see how the israelis can ignore that and just go pushback lightly like they did the last time. Anything theyre very sensitive to the fact that Irans Leadership is in a much more fragile position with their domestic population and i think there may be more sensitive to the accident United States is. We share intelligence im assuming both of those are aware of it but the israelis are more sensitive to it in terms of wanting to do something about it. United states i dont think wants to do anything about it to be frank about it. Martha i want to get to that with you but its interesting, you know, i was listening to general kellogg before a new sake about netanyahu and what he has accomplished much has been extraordinary, thinking about this Page Academic you think about the decapitation of so many of these leaders across the board. And thinking also about netanyahu at the u. N. And he showed one chart called the blessing and one chart called the curse and the blessing is a future in the Middle East that had the united the arab states and Israel And Saudi arabia pushing towards a more advanced economic strong future for the region and the curse was iranian leadership. So if iran is back on his heels as you say, is this not the moment take advantage of this and to push them further back and perhaps give the iranian people a chance of Brandnew Leadership the country, general . While you put your Finger Right on it. I dont want to be polyamorous about it and say theres going to be an overthrow of the regime that speak or so. But it takes time and i think it is time to push back here. And so many developed what the israelis have done In Lebanon is absolutely stunning and unprecedented in my i think its been something obviously been planning for a very long time and netanyahu made a commitment to up his game here. He knew full well the United States wasnt with him, what the United States wants to do is stop. You want to stop all the shootings In Gaza, In Lebanon and microscopic, stop it with the houthis, and take the Status Quo and the Status Quo was totally unsatisfactory to the israelis. Martha in. We heard President Biden said stop and ceasefire. General team thank you very much. From a President Trump in wisconsin right now responding to what we watched happened in israel today. Lets listen. Mr. Trump still suffering immensely and we need to help them and we are going to help them, their citizens in alabama, tennessee, virginia and a couple of other places got a little hit but in particular these places in georgia was very, very hard but i want to thank Elon Musk for responding to my request. [cheering] that Starling Feed providing to North Carolina. You know, the lines were all down, they had no communications. You can get martha stay with us we will keep close tabs on what former President Trump is saying but the pentagon is now breathing, lets hear what our pentagon has to say about this. Lets watch. U. S. Navy destroyers report to the middle East Region up Sand Vice President harris throughout the day to consult on the situation in the u. S. Actions. In addition to his Phone Call earlier this morning with Israeli Minister of defense gallant prior to the iranian Attack Secretary also spoke of the minister again just a short while ago to get an update. Here we are from the United States ironclad commitment to the defense of israel and underscored that the u. S. Remains the well postured throughout the middle East Region to protect u. S. Forces and defend israel in the face of threats from iran and iran backed terrorist organizations. Will provide a result of that Part Policy is responsible. To be crystal clear, a secondary Market Secretary also has that should iran and,s partners are as proxies use this moment to target american personnel or interest in the region when Marlene Understates will take every necessary measure to defend our people. Separately i do have an update to provide on the o. D. Support to Hurricane Helene Response efforts but ill provide that at The End. With that im happy to take your questions. Westark with ap. Thank you. What Navy Destroyers were involved in helping shoot down and intercept and given this escalation, whats being communicated between Secretary Austen and mr. Gallant right now in terms of pampering things down and prevent potentially brought avoiding you widen war . The two Navy Destroyers involved with the u. S. Is vocally in the Uss Cole. In terms of the conversations between secondary Austen And Mr. Gallant, you know, i wont get into, you know, the private discussions other than to say we are consulting closely with them on next steps in the new defense of israel. Reporter are there any plans underway to conduct a new given Increase Artwork of a wider war . Right now there has been no order to evacuate as youve heard her say before, we are Planning Organization so we of Course Plan for all contingencies. But as of right now, State Department has not called for an evacuation. Should be assumed that the S Ps were used by the Kolinda Buckley to shoot down or to intercept the missiles . My going to get into the specific type of ordinance, jennifer, other than to say, again and magnified a Dozen Interceptors. And iran said that they gave a Heads Up to the u. S. Into russia. How much warning were you given by iran . Im not aware of any rewarding by iran about their potential attack as you know, this is something weve been following very closely for a while. Based on the threats of retaliation by iran and so weve been closely consulting with israel for a while now to be prepared in the eventuality and as today demonstrated we were prepared and we were able to successfully work alongside israel to defend them from this attack. Thank you. You said the destroyers shut down iranian missiles. Where did they come from. Word from the all Inside Iran or were some also from Human Being shot by the houthis . To my knowledge and again were still assessing the leaves were all launched from iran. Ballistic missiles. And what i said was that they fired the interceptors towards those missiles. Were any other u. S. Assets involved in this defense . Of course we have a lot of Keep Ability and the region. A lot of things are there to be prepared for a wide variety of threats but in terms of the launching of these interceptors, it was those two destroyers. For this to be clear no groundbased interceptors were used in this . Were any of what were aware of any does that didnt fire off if iran fired more than the as i mentioned were still assessing the outcome of the attack and so we will have much more information later but these are all, you know, are initial reports. On the second call with secretary and the mr. Gallant, that he urged israel not to respond or to moderates as any response to iran or did Israel Share did gallant any israel again as a sure you can appreciate, im just not going to be able to get into the details of their calling other than to say again and Micro Consulting closely about next steps and the continued defense of israel. What is secondary austin think about the potential for an israeli response here . When he urged them to without saying what he said in a call necessary but what are the feelings about the potential that he urged restraint . If you take a step back here we fully support israels right to defend itself. You just saw a, you know, very significant ballistic Missile Attack by iran against Israel End and so, you know, will continue to work alongside them to support their defense. We of course do not want to see a wider regional conflict, conflict, you prestolite many times and will need to work that an but we will also fully understand the fact that this was a significant attack by iran so we will continue to consult closely and will continue to support their defense. Let me go to laura. Thank you. Just for clarification so you say that the u. S. Destroyers had intercepted or shot down the missiles or does that they as identified approximately a Dozen Interceptors against the incoming iranian missiles. And were there any u. S. Aircraft that what i read out is what participated in the defense of israel. Just one more. And you say if there were any drones or Cruise Missiles that were again still assessing rate right now. It appears it was blasted missiles, no drones but again will continue to assess. Illegal to do Stuff Josef and then will is want to turn to the israeli invasion In Lebanon. For the past couple of months, the Department And Secretary have called for the escalation, you guys have voice your opposition to any Ground Incursion, invasion or any operations. After we found out that the israeli strike last week killed the Hezbollah Chief has run the seller, it feels like the tone changed from the statement Last Night The Department Secondary said they supported what israel is doing. So what changed for a change in that tone and extends from the department . Yeah, i think the biggest thing, josef, is we fully support israels right to defend itself against hezbollah. As we understand it we will be conducting limited operations to destroy Hezbollah Infrastructure that is arrayed along the border there can be used to threaten israeli citizens and so we are continuing to consult with the israelis to better understand how they intend to go forward Argosy Average for you to them to talk or ask questions about, you know, details regarding those operations. But, you know, we fully understand this part of their overall efforts to return people whom did you need to address those threats along the border and so all that to say will continue to consult with the israelis and other partners in the region longterm about how we can ultimately deescalate those tensions and get to a ceasefire. Just for any help from you guys doing whatever it is they want to do . No. Were the United States this Surprise Manasco of the iranian attack On Israel . Look like i said before, weve been monitoring this for a while. Iran had been very public about its threats to retaliate and so is something that weve been monitoring. Certainly this was a significant attack, probably about twice the size in terms of scope of what We Saw earlier but again were still assessing the outcome to this. And as i highlighted at the top, recently condemned this reckless Attack And Magnus Breath Attack against israel and will continue to support israels defense. Several israeli media spoke about a respond israeli Respond Tonight to this attack. Including some doctors iran, some other mother Middle Eastern countries. Will leonard states assist the israeli in the response . Im not going to speculate about hypothetical. Of delivery to the Israelis Talk about, you know, with americans help them, you know, what youre asking me is if theyre going to do something and what im saying is im not going to speculate about what or if they may do. As i highlighted several of your colleagues were consulting closely with the israelis in terms of next steps. With the emphasis being the defense of israel. Holomego to essentially a followup to a question in the u. S. Willing to strike iran in response to this . Are you putting that on or off the table . Going at it again i dont want to get to hypotheticals i think i was very clear at the top that should u. S. Forces be targeted by iran or as proxies will take necessary steps to defend our people and i think weve also been very clear that supported defense of israel. And so not going to get into their theoretical or speculative operations at the stage other than to say, you know, we mean what we say and we see what we mean. Aaron combs have used in new missile which is also hypersonic busting Massage And Uss whether they did use new and advanced weaponry in this Attack And Weather they learned from april a document. Again were still assessing the attack and the outcomes and so we may have more to provide later but i dont have anything on that right now. Thank you for your time. Have two questions, please. Checked very awesome statement last night he referred to being supportive of operations along the border. Is he open to israel using operations on both sides of the border i think i go back to how responded to josef, we understand and support israels right to defend itself against hezbollah as we highlighted in there we got, we understand that part of that is dismantling some of the Attack Infrastructure that hezbollah has built along the border certainly again we dont want to see this broaden into a white and regional public movie understand again that what israel is doing are limited operations to destroy that Attack Infrastructure. And then enable citizens on both sides of the border to return home. Ultimately at The End of the day we do think that a diplomatic resolution is the only way to achieve lasting Stability And Security across the Israel Lebanon Border so we will continue to work to that end but we also again understand israels need to defend itself. A followup the State Department read out a report on an attack on diplomatic facility at the Airport Bagon Airport last night. Have you seen any other tax on u. S. Forces i guess in spite of . This one would seem to be on a diplomatic Quality Facility but me and lost vertically at his head in time of tension or just barley over the last couple of nights . Is a no not aware of any additional tax. Thank you. The iron dome,<