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1/2: #IRAN: Hezbollah is part of the challenge in response to Iran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

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1/2: #IRAN: Hezbollah is part of the challenge in response to Iran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-17-2024/#liveblog-entry-3270962

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0:00.0

This is a

0:05.2

This is CBS I on the world with John Bachelor.

0:09.7

Here's John Bachelor

0:12.3

Israel attacked by Iran.

0:15.0

The headlines are alarming, but they speak to the moment.

0:19.0

Idi-S destroys launches in Gaza is the Jerusalem Post in these last hours.

0:27.0

And 18 hurt one critically as Hezbollah drone hits community center in the north of Israel. We also have news about the

0:35.4

hostages Hamas. However, we will begin with Iran and what we know about the

0:41.0

attack, the defense, and now the debate over what is to be done. I

0:45.9

welcome Jonathan Schanser of the Foundation for the Defense of democracies. He's

0:50.7

in Tel Aviv. Jonathan I begin with the attack on Saturday night because what we saw here were images of

0:58.5

interceptions way overhead of Jerusalem.

1:01.3

It was hard to say where exactly they were intercepted.

1:05.2

Could have been over Syria, could have been over Lebanon. However, seeing the

1:09.9

Blue Mosque profile with interceptions in the air was shocking.

1:16.4

At the same time, since then, there have been debates in all instances as to what Iran wanted to achieve. We had news yesterday of

1:25.4

Rheese, the president of Iran, calling Moscow to talk to Vladimir Putin. There was

1:32.0

also a report that Wang Yi, the foreign minister, the

1:34.8

foreign secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, remarked that he believed that Iran could

1:39.5

handle, could manage the turmoil. All of this leads to fog of war. So a very good day to you.

1:47.8

Thank you for this. Right now we're focusing on what is to be done.

1:52.0

The word retaliation, the word response, the word answer,

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