How Israel's retaliatory attack on Iran affects cease-fire efforts in Gaza and Lebanon
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🗓️ 26 October 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm John Yang. Tonight Iran is saying that it might not respond in kind |
| 0:06.5 | to Israel's first ever open attack on its soil if there's a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. |
| 0:12.0 | More than 100 Israeli fighter jets and |
| 0:14.7 | unmanned drones struck Iranian military targets. Iran state-run news |
| 0:18.8 | agency said four members of its military were killed. |
| 0:25.1 | The long anticipated retaliatory attack came early Saturday morning. |
| 0:30.9 | The Israeli Defense Forces said it struck targets where missiles are built and |
| 0:34.8 | stored. Their answer to Iran's missile barrages on Israel in April and earlier this |
| 0:41.0 | month. Those followed the killings of Iranian and Hezbollah leaders |
| 0:45.2 | which Iran blamed on Israel. |
| 0:48.8 | On state TV, Iran's ruling regime played down the damage. |
| 0:53.0 | Although the country's integrated air defense system successfully tracked and confronted the active aggression, |
| 1:01.0 | limited damage has been caused to some places. The scope of the |
| 1:05.2 | attack is being investigated. |
| 1:07.0 | I know we're going to come up with a million hamah. |
| 1:10.0 | IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari indicated Israeli retaliation was done, for now. |
| 1:17.0 | We are focused on the targets of the war in Gaza and Lebanon. |
| 1:22.8 | Iran is the one that continues to push for a wider regional escalation. |
| 1:27.3 | We will know how to choose additional targets and attack them if necessary. |
| 1:32.0 | International reaction was swift. |
| 1:35.0 | I wish a speedy recovery to our neighbor Iran and the Iranian government, |
| 1:39.0 | which was the target of the Israeli aggression last night. |
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