This is CBS I in the World. I'm John Bachelor. The headline in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel, in wake of Hania killing Austin, that's the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America. Austin says U.S. will help defend Israel if it's attacked.

The Prime Minister addressing the nation, challenging days ahead, Israel will exact heavy price for any attack.

This is the targeted killing of a man named Isma Nha, one of the leaders of Hamas,

the gangsters who mass murdered Israelis in October of

2023. At the same time, the Hezbollah of Lebanon are threatening retaliation for a targeted

killing of a rocket commander who's associated with the marine bombing of

1983. I welcome Benham and Tallebleau of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy

to help us understand that right now, according to the New York Times,

Hamanai, the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah, has threatened a direct attack on Israel.

No more ring of fire, no more surrogates, a direct attack.

Bantam, a very good evening to you 24 hours makes a profound difference the

supreme leader is threatening an attack on Israel is this April all over again

can you detect there are differences this time good evening to you

Greetings John a very good evening to you pleasure to be back with you

certainly the regime is hoping to benefit from what happened on April 13, April 14 as it continues

to adjudicate its war of attrition and multi-front war against Israel meaning.

It wants the Israelis and even the Americans to factor in that there's always

going to be a non-zero chance from here on out of the shadow warfighter moving out of the shadows. And to that degree, I tend to take

common in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

at their ward when they say that there would be revenge.

This is the same kind of loaded terminology you heard the Islamic Republic use when they launched a large ballistic missile barrage at U.S. bases in Iraq.

This is the largest ballistic missile barrage the US has received in its history,

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