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The president was notified. and most importantly of all, what u.s. regional goals look like moving forward, i.e. encouraging all sides to refrain from further escalation. >> u.s. intelligence, jonathan, have suggested that israel had been a narrow and limited strike, as we've been talking about with trey yingst all morning long inside iran, because they felt like they needed to respond with, you know, some kinetic action of some kind, given the unprecedented scale of the reason attack. now, keep this in mind as well. the u.s. been warned by tehran, by way of the swiss embassy, which is usually...

Situation across the middle east. it also gives the that same opportunity to say that they struck back against iran internally and then also send a message to the iranians that they have their nuclear facilities in the sights of israeli planes, drones and any sort of military capabilities the israelis are able to conduct. that is the message that israel wants send to iran, and they're unlikely to comment on it publicly as part of a broader strategy to operate in the shadows. jonathan. >> and but we talk about the de-escalation train, but we're still on a knife edge in the region and we still h...

In a special state of alert. but the israeli military does remain in a high state of alert. understanding that iranian proxies across the region continue to threaten israel from like yemen and southern lebanon. as for the situation, we do expect israel's war cabinet to meet not just to discuss the situation with iran, but also the continued inside gaza that is approaching the 200 day mark. jonathan. >> yeah, let's turn to gaza now, trey. we talked about the potential for operation in rafah. you've talked about the difficulties, the israelis, of carrying that out, that operation, while chris is...

10 a.m. in jerusalem. 1030 friday morning in tehran. and overnight, israel struck back at iran. eyewitnesses say explosions could be seen and heard close to a major air base in the iranian province of esfahan. the extent of the damage still unclear this hour. hello, everyone. i'm jonathan holmes, live in los with ongoing coverage of the dramatic breaking news in the middle east. the israeli attack, which a u.s. source was limited, is in retaliation for last large coordinated missile and drone attack on israel. iran has so far downplayed the situation, claiming its air defenses defeated the att...

Activated by iran and fires on a population centers like tel aviv, israel's even most advanced air defense systems would be overwhelmed and there would be a high casualty rate here. and so everyone is walking on that knife's edge. understand that one misstep from either side could drag the region a broader war, something that both countries are trying to avoid for a variety of reasons, mainly economic, but also there are our civilian populations that don't want war. it is politically unpopular. and so israel still trying to focus on their efforts inside gaza more than six months into the opera...