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How Israel's retaliatory attack on Iran affects cease-fire efforts in Gaza and Lebanon

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

After Israel's first-ever open attack on Iranian soil, Iran is saying that it might not respond in kind if there's a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon. A senior Biden administration official said efforts will soon resume to end the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza and secure the return of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. John Yang speaks with Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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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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