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Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First, following Iran's latest missile attack on Israel, leaders in Jerusalem are preparing for a quote significant

retaliation. We'll break down the internal deliberations and what options Israel may be considering.

Then an update from the battlefields of Ukraine.

Now as an aside, with the Middle East situation spiraling,

it's amazing in a way how quickly the brutal Ukraine conflict can get kicked off the front pages

But Keith has lost control of a major city in the eastern Danets region as Russian forces continue their slow costly advance.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

I want to begin in Israel where leaders are deliberating over how to respond to Iran's ballistic missile attack on Tuesday,

while they also manage a limited ground invasion of Lebanon and continue limited operations

to deal with Hamas in Gaza and work to recover the remaining

hostages. As a reminder, Iran fired some 180 missiles into Israel in retaliation

for the recent assassinations of several

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