You are watching sky news. The Breaking News of this morning, iran has launched more than 200 rounds as well as missiles to attack israel. Israels defense forces, the vast majority of the missiles fired by iran were intercepted by israel and its allies outside of israeli territory. President joe biden and Prime MinisterRishi Sunak Have condemned the attack and the strongest terms. Our Correspondent Song Table Interceptions over the city as Air Raid Siren sounded. The Ministry Of Defense is confirmed that raf jets have been involved in the defense of israel. And, israel released this image showing the israeli Prime Minister on the phone to u. S. President joe biden. The u. S. Said it has an ironclad commitment to israels security. Israels army spokesman, we are admiral Daniel Hagari says the few missiles that have landed have caused minor damage. Tonight, iran launched a largescale coordinated attack on israel. The regime in iran fired a massive swarm, over 200 killer drones, Cruise Missiles, and Ballistic Missiles toward the state of israel. Together with our allies and partners across the region, we are operating at this very moment to defend israel from irans attack. So far, we have intercepted a vast majority of incoming missiles by israeli systems. So far, we have intercepted and are continuing to intercept dozens of attacks rounds as well as Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles outside of israels border. A number of iranian missiles fell inside israeli territory, causing minor damage to a Military Base with no casualties. Only one little girl has been hurt and we hope she will be well. Our international correspondent, alex rossi, has the latest from jerusalem. Reporter we started to hear jets, and across the skies and the Israeli Military were predicting at about 2 00, the drones, this phalanx of drones that had been launched from iran toward israel would start to come into israeli airspace. We saw interceptions, flashes of light arcing above us as we assume those drones were taken out of the sky. Missiles have been launched as well. That was accompanied by the sound of sirens wailing across the city of jerusalem. This is something that was replicated across israel as well. We are hearing from the iranian u. N. Mission that their Military Action, they say, has now been concluded. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at the Israeli Defense headquarters holding a war cabinet. Israeli officials are saying there will be a serious response to what this unprecedented attack from the iranians. This may not be the end of it. It may be that we see some sort of response from them israelis that triggers a chain reaction, a cycle of escalation. But, again, they may show restraint. We dont know at this point what exactly their response will be. This is an enormously dangerous moment for the middle east. People across israel have been warned to stay very close to shelters. Many people, of course, will have gone into those shelters tonight hearing the sirens in their towns and cities. Educational activities have been canceled for schoolchildren in the days ahead because the fear is there may be another attack from the iranians, even though they say it has concluded. The retaliation from the iranians is, of course, from an airstrike attributed to israel happening on april the first, which hit a consulate in damascus, killing a number of senior generals from the Iranian Revolutionary guard. Iran has been vowing a response to that and tonight, we saw that response. Israel has been on tender hooks for the last 48 hours. There have been warnings from the United StatesSecurity Agencies that an attack was imminent and, tonight, we saw the shape and form of that attack. Alex, so far, certainly, it does seem as those air defenses have kicked in and they have worked. No reports of any casualties so far. The language between iran and israel remains heightened. No signs of a deescalation so far between the two. No, there is no direct communication between the iranians and the israelis. It is all done through back channels. There is a best scenario where this attack happened, iran can show to its domestic audience, project across the region that it responded to what it sees as a really great attack, the attack on the consulate, and this may be the end of it. What we are hearing from the israeli officials, it doesnt sound like that. It says that there will be a serious response. This, remember, is an unprecedented attack on israeli soil. They may very well feel for reasons of their own determines that they need to react for it. It will be very interesting to see what the United States or to hear what the United States is saying privately to israeli officials. Of course, they dont want this to erupt into a major regional confrontation. That is the real danger here that this expense into a regional war and drags in multiple countries. We are hearing from the egyptians. They are calling for restraint on all sides. But, you know, this is a very destabilizing moment in the middle east, and at a time, of course, after the october the seventh attacks. There is a war raging in gaza. Israel is vowing to destroy hamas, rescue its hostages, it hasnt finished doing that. That is still going on. Again, that is extremely volatile. Then on the northern border with israel, hezbollah from lebanon, there are daily exchanges of fire their. That in itself is enough to ignite under ordinary circumstances, to ignite a regional war and there is no sign of any end to that either. Tonight, we know that hezbollah fired a number of, a right of missiles into israel. Again, that is inflaming the general situation, make no mistake, this is an extra ordinarily dangerous moment. Israels allies have been at the forefront tonight and shooting down some of those drones. Both the u. S. And the uk saying they were involved in shooting down some drones before they could make it to israeli territory. How much of an influence does the Biden Administration have over Benjamin Netanyahu here and how much can those behind the scenes conversations help to deescalate the situation . Lets start with the plans this evening. We heard warplanes overhead. According to the idf, Tens Of Fighter Jets have been up in the skies. They have been heading outside israeli airspace. We saw them fly over our heads in the direction of jordan earlier on this evening. They have been tasked with defending the nation, trying to take these drones out before they reached israeli soil. According to the idf, they have been coordinating their response with u. S. Central command, as have the british. British fighter jets have been up in the air and they have taken out some of the drones, as have u. S. Fighter jets. The level of leverage or influence that the americans will have on the israelis is hard to say. Certainly, the relationship between the two countries has been frayed as a result of the very high civilian casualties in gaza. The americans have urged the israelis, particularly President Biden, to show restraint. He has gone on the record and said a number of times that he doesnt think the war is being conducted in a proper way because of the mounting civilian casualties. He has also warned them of going into the southern part of the strip, rafah, one of the last refuges where hamas are holed up. The relationship is a very difficult one. One thing to say. Because of the americans and also the british have come to the defense of israel tonight, that might have some bearing on what they do in terms of their response. That might give them some leverage. But, again, i will take you back to what i was saying earlier, this is communal, it is an unprecedented attack on israel and the chance, the miscalculation, the chance of further escalation are really great. Alex rossi reporting from jerusalem. In the last couple of hours, u. S. President joe biden released a Statement Saying earlier today, iran and its proxies operating out of yemen, syria, and iraq, launched an unprecedented air attack against Military Facilities in israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms. I have just spoken to brett minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm americas ironclad commitment to the security of israel. Tomorrow, i will convene my fellow g7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to irans brazen attack. That statement came shortly after israel released this image showing the israeli Prime Minister on the phone to u. S. President joe biden. Our u. S. Correspondent, james matthews, has the latest now from washington. The Un Security Council is due to meet at 4 00 p. M. On sunday. This in response clearly events, the israelis are calling for a Un Security Council resolution to condemn the actions of iran. It has been a busy day in washington. President biden ended his Weekend Break in his beach house in delaware to attend a meeting of the national Security Council in the Situation Room at the white house, americas war cabinet, essentially. This didnt take the United States by surprise. Intelligence has shown that iran was preparing an attack. Indeed, there was a briefing last week for congress, Members Of Congress, who were briefed on what america saw as the threat and the iranian plans. There has been a Telephone Call between President Biden and the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Their first conversation since these events started. America very much involved politically, clearly. President biden talking about the ironclad u. S. Support for israels security at this stage. But, militarily also, it has been involved with u. S. Military assets in the region, taking down some of those iranian drones and missiles. The uss kearney had been on its way home having engaged rebels in yemen Firing Missiles. It was on his way home but was turned back to help israel in its hour of need. It will take until the morning, one imagines, to assess the damage and for the politicians to assess their next move, to gauge the extent of the damage and the extent of this iranian assault. I can tell you that the Iranian Mission at the United Nations, it has treated on the Social Media Platform X and for all intents and purposes, it appears to think that this is over. I will redo some of what they have posted. Irans Military Action was in response to the zionist regimes aggression against our genetic, since in damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. That is the view of the Iranian Mission at the United Nations. Clearly that may not be the view of the United States and israel. Israel talking about the prospect of significant action. There is concern, according to u. S. Officials that we speak to that israel could do something quickly in response to irans attack that america wouldnt see necessarily as appropriate and america that doesnt want an escalation in this conflict and it wouldnt be the first time that israel had discarded the entreaties of the United States in acting as it has offered but not necessarily as of the United States and President Biden saw fit. That, according to officials we speak to here in the United States, is a concern. Earlier, sky news Barbara Sarah spoke to the founder of the Arabamerican Institute about the significance of this escalation. There have been regular israeli attacks on not just the diplomatic site that was recently hit but on other sites in cerium where iranians have been and iranians have been killed and there have also been these rather frequent wink and nod assassination or bombing attacks on sites inside iran by mossad and iran has not responded correctly. This is the first time they actually do respond. From their perspective, they feel this ought to be the end of it. It is not going to be the end of it. A significant israeli response would produce a significant response back. It would just accelerate the cycle of violence and create god knows what in terms of devastation across the region. What needs to happen is there need to be adults in the room and that the u. S. Could be an adult, which would been to pull folks apart, create an architecture for diplomacy that creates a Security Framework that taps this down. Instead, we have decided to be a code holder and cheerleader for one side. Apparently the uk is being an alternate code holder and cheerleader by joining in the fray. This is not what needs to happen. Israel has behaved recklessly. It has behaved dangerously. Iran has also behaved recklessly and dangerously. We do not need to be pouring gasoline on this fire, which is apparently what we are doing. I think that is a huge mistake. Obviously both israel and iran would say the other party is responsible for escalating it. Israel is obviously still traumatized is probably the right word to use over the october 7th attacks, which were, shook the country to its core. You mentioned grownups in the room. Do you have any hope that the u. S. Is trying to possibly rein in the israeli response . That would be your help and if so, do you think they have the ability and the influence to do so . They do have the ability and influence, no doubt. Reagan did it, eisenhower did it, George Herbert walker bush did it. This administration has been loath to use that influence. They have made comments about we wish you would do this, we wish you wouldnt do that but with nothing to back it up. Benjamin netanyahu gets the clear message that he can do whatever he wants to do and there is not going to be any sanctions. We are seeing a growing Movement Among democrats, including rather significant Members Of Congress who are democrats in the senate, including the new york times, tomorrow that will have an editorial saying there should be conditions on aid to israel. We shouldnt be sending them anymore munitions. Now, will that calculus change after this . I dont know. But, you know, there has been a genocide unfolding in gaza. Lets not forget. That has been also a very traumatizing event across not just the arab world but the broader middle east region and frankly what we dont need, as i said, is to be pouring gasoline on this fire. Will the Biden Administration to it they have shown no indication of wanting to tamp things down. That is disturbing. There is no other party that can do it but us. We have not shown the will to do it and the result is that israel operates with a sense of impunity and i compare them to the spoiled child. They know they are never going to get punished for what they do so why not just do whatever you want to do . Just going to take you straight to Daniel Hagari, the Idf Spokesperson is making a statement now. Lets listen in. Translator the Israeli Air Force fighter jets, our Defense Systems and the Defense Systems and aircraft of our partners. Out of over 30 chris cruz missiles launched by, zero managed to get into israel. 25 of them were intercepted by Israeli Air Force fighter jets outside of israeli borders. More than 120 Ballistic Missiles, only a few managed to enter israel. All the rest were intercepted. They felt in the Israeli Air Force base and caused slight damage to infrastructure alone. As you can now see, the base is functioning and it continues to carry out its missions. Here you can see the landing strip. Iran thought it would managed to paralyze this Air Force Base and damaged our Air Capabilities but it failed to do so. Israeli air force aircraft continue to land and take off from the base and various missions of both the defense and attack, among them the f35 aircraft that are participating in the Defense Mission of the airbase. In addition to the lodges from iran, there were some other launches from iraq and yemen and none of them managed to land in israel. In the recent hours, dozens of rockets were launched from lebanon toward the north of israel. There are no casualties or fatalities